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.

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

The European corn borer is one of the most prevalent pests across the world. It feeds on multiple species of plants, with ...

The invasive spongy moth, a destroyer of northeastern forests, has a natural foe in a Japanese fungus that needs certain ...

It’s also true that some moth larvae feast on the natural fibers of clothes. But the vast majority of moths aren’t chewing through your favorite sweater or pummeling your porch lamp—and many ...

Residents in Wales are being urged by experts from the British Pest Control Association (BPCA) to seek professional help if they suspect a textile moth infestation in their homes. Although they don't ...

Bumblebee wax moths, native to Eurasia and North Africa, seek out nests of bumblebees, honeybees, or wasps to lay their eggs. Young larvae feast on wax cells, pollen and nectar stores, and the ...

Samples of female spongy moths and larvae — part of a hundred year old ... How it got here The spongy moth, native to Europe, originally landed in North America in the 1800s, brought to ...