Butterflies might get all the credit for being the pretty ones, but moths can definitely share the spotlight. Some of these ...

They release a sweet scent, especially at night when the flowers open. They attract night-flying pollinators like sphinx ...

A stationary Carolina sphinx moth (Manduca sexta) is the Cinderella of the animal ... sexta belongs, whir their wings like hummingbirds as they flit between flowers, hovering to drink nectar. M. sexta ...

The giant sphinx moth's feeding tube, known as a proboscis, is so long that it can hover at a distance, siphoning nectar from the flower of the ghost orchid without touching the pollen sacs. This ...