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

A video of a moth with the coloring of a U.S. dollar has captured the attention of many gardeners online. The user identified the insect as the Pandora Sphinx moth. Butterflies and Moths of North ...

Q: We’ve had this guy around for the last few days. What is he? A luna moth perhaps? What should we look for in coming days? A: It’s a hornworm, Manduca rustica (aka rustic sphinx moth), to be precise ...

DEAR JOAN: We saw this moth on our fence in the backyard and took its picture. He is about 3 to 4 inches long and a sort of mottled dark gray. Any idea what it is? Sharon Schumacher Livermore DEAR ...

Picture yourself cutting a branch from the lilac bush or apple tree in your backyard, when a huge, green caterpillar — the width of your thumb and length of your forefinger — falls onto your hand or ...

AT the beginning of the pupal stage of Sphinx ligustri, a lysis of larval tissues occurs. In winter, during diapause, the pupa is a bag full of blood containing a suspension of partially broken down ...