The box tree moth appears in gardens as early as April. Within one season, the female can lay about 30 eggs. She lays them on young boxwood shoots and then covers the plant with a solid web .

Franklin / CC-BY-SA-3.0 A Dutch environmental agency is investigating whether great tits and blue tits are dying in larger numbers because of illegal pesticides used against certain moths. The CLM ...

The Box Tree Moth (BTM) caterpillars are green and hairy ... Females will lay their overlapping yellowish eggs (5-20) on the underside of boxwood leaves. Delaware may have 2 -3 generations. Damaged ...

Although not a threat to Michigan’s natural resources, interior box tree moths can lead to significant defoliation and death of ornamental boxwood. The quarantined area now includes Clinton ...

Box tree moth is an invasive pest from East Asia that poses a threat to the boxwood plant, an ornamental shrub that is a valuable part of the U.S. nursery industry, with an annual economic impact ...

Discover the microscopic dimensions of the smallest moths on the planet. With a wingspan of just 2.5 millimetres, the Stigmella maya is one of the most petite moths known to science. But just how ...

A new species of moth was discovered in a home in Wales, thousands of miles from its native habitat A new species of moth was found in a home in south Wales after travelling thousands of miles in ...

One of the goliaths of the insect world, the atlas moth is a gentle giant – but behind every oversized moth is a very hungry caterpillar. The atlas moth is among the biggest insects on the planet, ...

Long seen as annoying creatures that can leave holes in your clothes, moths have been badly misjudged, say scientists. New research suggests they play a vital role as overnight pollinators of a ...

A moment from a performance of “The Moth Project.” Credit: Marvin Zana. Before the pandemic, Peter Kiesewalter didn’t think much of moths. Like a lot of people, he’d thought of them mostly as pests.

A new species of moth was found in a home in south Wales after travelling thousands of miles in a photographer's boot bag. Two clearwing moths appear to have hitched a ride when they were larvae ...

Isolation coupled with slowing down opened the New York City-based musician eyes and ears to nature, in particular to moths. He grew up in Canada where he studied clarinet and saxophone performance.