This adult luna moth has a very penetrating gaze. These moths are quite large, and their caterpillars produce silk shortly before the pupa stage of their development. Get a closer view of the image ...
Timelapse Footage of a Giant Caterpillar Weaving Its Cocoon For six weeks, luna moth caterpillars gorge themselves on the leaves of the marula tree. Then, when they're ready, they instinctively ...
This story appears in the June 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. Light green, long winged, and roughly the size of a playing card, the luna moth is a striking creature. It’s a clever ...
Spinning tails on the moths' wingtips scramble bats' echolocation signals to keep the moths from being eaten (00:07) Explore Subscribe Newsletters Content Licensing ...
The big, pale green swallow-tailed luna moth is an example of all of these things, as is the cecropia moth, which can be 15cm across. Another reason we dislike moths is that they normally come out ...
Have you ever been outside on a cool morning and seen a luna moth (Actias luna)? What about a viceroy butterfly (Limenitis archippus) visiting your milkweeds that you might have mistaken for a ...
By removing the leaves in the fall, you remove the area where they can hibernate. Luna moths are stunning, and worth protecting. Consider them when you’re going overboard cleaning up the yard in ...