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If you’re wondering “why should I garden for moths?” hopefully you’ll see by reading this article that moths will not only enhance pollination of your garden plants, but may also bring songbirds to ...

Last weekend, Salisbury had a hand in one of the largest natural migrations taking place across the U.S., and it happened in ...

From amphibians that control mosquitoes to insects that aid in decomposition, who knew there were helpful tenants taking up ...

I talked about your question with my friend Allan Felsot. He’s an insect scientist at Washington State University. He told me cocoons are mostly silk. But they’re usually made by moths. A butterfly ...

Sarah Friedl, 6, and her brother Pucci, 3, get a up close look at silk worms during a Nocturnal moth watching event at the Texas Discovery Gardens in Dallas, Tuesday, July 24, 2013. Sarah Friedl, 6, ...

“Young female new to town seeks a high-flying guy for a good time. If interested — and I know you are — just follow the perfume trail to me, la femelle du papillon de la nuit.” This is a female moth, ...

SHORT PUMP, Va. -- It is the one house on Sovereign Lane in Short Pump that sets little hearts aflutter. Every weekday at three boys and girls arrive like clockwork. At Sally Sylvester’s home, a group ...

EAGLE – It was supposed to be a group effort all the private, public and parochial schools coming together to release hundreds of butterflies into the Betty Ford Alpine Gardens in Vail. But it didn’t ...

What's a garden without fluttering wings gracing the blossoms here and there in radiant whimsy? But what separates butterflies from moths, and does it really matter which is which? Well, if your ...