It's not a butterfly — it's a moth! Learn how to identify the promethea silk moth, a beautifully patterned backyard visitor.

These red crabs are laying their eggs straight into the sea. All the eggs are stuck to their tummies so they have to jump up and down to wash them away into the water. This moth is laying lots of ...

It is as happy living in water as on dry land. The caterpillars have no gills, but draw in oxygen through their skin. Most moths lay eggs which then become larvae. Image by Tony Wills, licensed under ...

The life cycle of a moth is 65 to 90 days, with female moths laying up to 300 eggs each. This means your small moth problem can very quickly escalate. It’s the larvae that feast on natural ...

Egg-laying Manduca sexta female. The moth is bending its abdomen to the underside of the leaf to lay an egg. On the leaf at the top of the image, a deposited egg can already be seen on the left edge.

With yesterday’s sun and warm temperatures expected next week, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources recently ...

A 1-degree-Celsius change in water temperature prompts sea turtles in Northern Cyprus to lay eggs nearly a week earlier on average.

The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources is urging Pennsylvania’s forest landowners and woodlot owners to start planning now for spongy moth treatment this spring to protect their trees ...

Butterflies, skippers and moths lay eggs on leaves with some butterflies laying exclusively on one type of flower. The caterpillar emerges, dining on the leaves, growing and shedding its outer ...

Spongy moth egg mass surveys are the best way to determine the need for treatment. Female moths lay light tan egg masses — each containing 100 to 1,500 eggs — on trees, rocks, and other surfaces from ...