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 ...

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 ...

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 ...