The Museum’s digitisation team has undertaken a year-long project to digitise the giant butterfly-moths, also known as the Castniidae collection. Digitiser Glory Turnbull shares more.

One of the goliaths of the insect world, the atlas moth is a gentle giant – but behind every oversized moth is a very hungry caterpillar. The atlas moth is among the biggest insects on the planet, ...

one of the largest moths in the world, on July 27, marking the first time they believe this species has been detected in the United States, according to the WSDA. "This is normally a tropical moth.