Caught in a situation comedian Rodney Dangerfield could sympathize with, moths get no respect. A butterfly caterpillar may chew as many plants as a moth caterpillar, but which is forgiven when it ...
A U.K. photographer was surprised when he discovered a hedge completely covered in caterpillar webs. Mick Hickman was walking along a road near Bawtry in the English region of South Yorkshire on June ...
Ermine moths, also known as Yponomeutidae, are a family of small-to-medium sized moths who typically range from 0.3–1.2 inches (8 to 31 mm) in wingspan. They are usually white, pale grey or drab in ...
An orchard has been infested with "unprecedented" numbers of ermine moths. The cider business, based near Kingsbury Episcopi in Somerset, has 15,000 trees and says at least half are currently infected ...
Thousands of tiny caterpillars have created a thick layer of cobwebs on a London roundabout - in a scene that looks like something out of an eery movie. The ermine moth caterpillars, just a centimetre ...
Ermine moths, also known as Yponomeutidae, are a family of small-to-medium sized moths who typically range from 0.3–1.2 inches (8 to 31 mm) in wingspan. They are usually white, pale grey or drab in ...
The workings of the ultrasonic warning sounds produced by the wings of a species of moth have been revealed by researchers at the University of Bristol. Scientists recently discovered that moths of ...
A mild winter is being blamed for an explosion of a pest that can devastate hawthorn hedgerows. Millions of Orchard Ermine moth larvae have stripped long sections of the plant along a country road ...