A moth whose caterpillars can destroy the leaves of box plants is likely to become more common in north-east England, experts ...

The luna moth – named after the Roman moon goddess, Luna – lives in eastern North America. In the caterpillar stage, it feeds on several different species of broad-leaved trees, including gums, ...

Butterfly and moth wings can be stunningly beautiful ... and in some it looks like a head with antennae - so that would distract a predator to a non-vital part of the body'. Many caterpillars are ...

The atlas moth is among the biggest insects on the planet, with a wingspan stretching up to 27 centimetres across - that’s wider than a human handspan. And the caterpillars of the species reach up to ...

A new species of moth has been described far ... vegetation with what looked like bore holes made by the caterpillars of the moths. Mark Sterling, a Scientific Associate at the Natural History ...

Invasive browntail moth caterpillars have been found at the Isles of Shoals off the New Hampshire coast, according to the N.H. Forest Health Bureau, the first confirmed sighting of the species in ...

However, there is no evidence of any Death’s-head Hawk Moth caterpillar ever surviving the winter this far north of the insect’s home range. Two other usual things about the species is that ...

Forestry Commission The oak processionary moth caterpillars are usually found in southern Europe. Long Eaton resident Tim Howlett was contacted by scientists after the invasive species was seen in ...