A recent sighting by a friend of the beautiful and somewhat rare Imperial Moth was most encouraging and exciting. (It has been many years since I have seen one.) Aptly named, this giant golden moth ...

(WJW) –They may not be as beloved as butterflies, but wildlife officials in Ohio say moths by far outnumber their better-known kin. This eye-catching moth, pictured below, is an imperial moth and was ...

With brown splotches artfully strewn against its bright yellow coloring, the striking imperial moth (Eacles imperialis) appears more leaf than Lepidoptera. Will this year’s Nobel Prizes go to GLP-1 ...

On my walk this morning, I saw this critter trying to cross the road under an old oak. He was hard to miss. He had to be about 3 inches long. His yellow-orange spines and long hairs along its back ...

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Deep in the subtropical rainforests of eastern Australia lives a rare caterpillar with a remarkable skull-like marking on its body that it brandishes to scare off predators. The caterpillar in ...

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