Age is just a number, or is it? A new study by UTEP researchers shows that adult moths are more vulnerable to attack than ...

Tami Gingrich explores why moths have distinct circular, concentric rings made up of contrasting colors on their wings, ...

I summarized current projects in my garden, including planting a butterfly garden, acquiring a dwarf avocado tree and adding exotic plants to the garden. That column can be reviewed from the ...

Foxglove beardtongue is an easy-to-grow native plant that tolerates deer, rabbits, drought, clay soil and dry soil, making it ...

A Carolina sphinx moth, a common evening visitor to night-blooming flowers, rests on a utility pole near a garden before dusk. Karla Griesbaum/Illinois Extension ...

The White-lined Sphinx Moth is often mistaken for a hummingbird as it hovers at flowers in the early evening. Its wings feature crisp white streaks over earthy brown tones, and its body moves quickly.

The Moth Sphinx Shellhole, Boksburg, has recently moved from Church Street to its new home on the premises of the Anglican Parish Church on 150 Commissioner Street, near Hospital Road.

Each night in the desert, vast clouds of sphinx moths, some spanning the palm of your hand, speed between night-blooming flowers, sipping nectar. Ethmia, tiny black moths with spots shaped like ...

When at rest, the obscure sphinx’s forewings hide (or obscure) most of the hindwings’ coloration. The obscure sphinx is a relatively small sphinx moth with a wingspan between 2.24 and 2.63 inches.

Sphinx moths are among the fastest flying lepidopterans and, although they lack a tympanal organ for hearing, sphinx moths are highly maneuverable and avoid predators by rapid, side-to-side and ...

Cindy Burkhardt Maynard had been watching a sphinx moth caterpillar in her garden for several days, but then, it disappeared. Soon after, she saw another trundling across a dirt road on Rabbit ...

Sphinx moths can fly up to 30 mph, and while hovering, they beat their wings 41 cycles per second (up and down), so fast that they make a buzzing sound. Composite of white-lined sphinx caterpillars.