Butterflies might get all the credit for being the pretty ones, but moths can definitely share the spotlight. Some of these creatures have wings that shimmer, colors that rival gemstones, and patterns ...

You wouldn't wanna hug a rose bush. The rose flowers are drop-dead-gorgeous but, oh, my, those very pointy rose thorns most definitely fall into the "hands off" category. Kind of along the same lines ...

A strikingly green caterpillar about as long as my little finger was attached to a sprig of oak leaves in our yard. Knowing the caterpillar with spikes on its back was the larvae of an Io silkworm ...

Io and rosy maple moths are a bit smaller than the larger members of this group, but what they lack in size, they make up for in color. Io moths are yellow with huge eyespots and red stripes on the ...

Let’s celebrate moths during National Moth Week. We’re not talking pesky pantry moths, but rather those exquisite nocturnal critters that fly around our porch lights. Why do moths fly around street ...

Moths are "butterflies of the night," as local naturalists John and Gloria Tveten call them. The colorful creatures are more likely to show up under a porch light than on a flower as butterflies do. I ...

Ohio’s moth fauna is incredibly diverse. At least 2,000 species have been documented, and scores of others await discovery. I once heard an expert on “micro-moths” say that if we could find all of ...