Connecticut’s long-running drought has caused lots of problems all across the state, but its most surprising impact may have been two year’s worth of gypsy moth outbreaks that devastated hundreds of ...

Late fall and early winter are the best times of year to spot giant silk moth cocoons in New England.

Do you know the difference between a chrysalis and a cocoon? The short answer is that a chrysalis is made by a butterfly, a cocoon by a moth. Both contain a pupa, the stage between a caterpillar and a ...

In late summer each year, fall webworms (Hyphantria cunea) become noticeable when they build their highly visible thick white webs on the tips of tree branches. Fall webworms are moths, not worms, ...

Cindy Burkhardt Maynard had been watching a sphinx moth caterpillar in her garden for several days, but then, it disappeared. Soon after, she saw another trundling across a dirt road on Rabbit ...

Larvae of diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) cause severe economic loss to crucifer vegetables in Pakistan. Studies were conducted from 2007 to 2010 to identify and ...