Avid nature watcher David John spotted a neat caterpillar in his wife’s garden early in October, then caught the adult form as it emerged days later. The fantastic green ribbed caterpillar with a tan ...

Just in time to celebrate National Pollinator Week, a striking looking Polyphemus moth landed on Liz Costales’ porch in Glenwood. Because this moth has such colorful eyespots on her wings, the beauty ...

This story with a tragic ending started with an egg case given to me by a friend in the dead of winter. We thought it belonged to a praying mantis so I kept it on the kitchen counter, eagerly awaiting ...

A big green caterpillar almost as thick as your little finger was munching away on an oak leaf in one of several displays on moths and their caterpillars at the Butterfly Society of Virginia’s meeting ...

It is August, and these are indeed the “dog days of summer.” Yes, the days may be sultry, the heat oppressive, and the garden somewhat lackluster, but should one venture out in the more temperate ...

In June I wrote a column about an unfortunate Polyphemus moth that hatched out of its cocoon in my kitchen and failed to survive a fall into the dog water dish. Fortuitously a reader in Pennsylvania ...

Polyphemus moths call an hour before and after midnight, and if a female remains unmated, she will call again just before dawn. Using their large feathery antenna, male silk moths can detect ...

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In the Garden by Justin L'Amie Part of the Dismal Nitch Polyphemus Moth Exhibition at PDX Contemporary Art (Courtesy of Justin L’Amie) Dismal Nitch Polyphemus Moth is L’Amie’s eighth solo exhibition ...

I’m a little ashamed to admit I probably didn’t pay as much attention in my high school English classes as I should have. Literary classics didn’t compete well for my interests when compared to animal ...

An uncommon bug nearly the size of a bird is being spotted in central Pennsylvania. A couple months ago, WGAL spoke to Chandra Palmerino about her encounter with the giant insect."It looked like a ...