Many moths are obscure brown jobs, often tough to identify and virtually unnoticed by people. However, ... The luna moth is one of the world’s best-known moths.

Many moths are obscure brown jobs, often tough to identify and virtually unnoticed by people. However, ... The luna moth is one of the world’s best-known moths.

This week’s featured creature is a majestic, night dwelling moth of the forest with a fleeting adult lifespan. Actias luna, the luna moth, is one of the most visually stunning moths in North ...

A luna begins life as one of up to 300 eggs deposited by a female moth on an appropriate host plant. Suitable fodder includes tree species such as beech, cherry, hickory and walnut.

The Luna moth represents rebirth, transformation, and hope. Known by the scientific name Actias luna, this nocturnal insect has been an important symbol in many cultures. Some believe it has ...

Luna moths - arguably the most spectacular moths in North America - deflect bat attacks with their ornate wing tails. Photo: Robert Marien/Corbis Animals have evolved countless ways to avoid being ...

In lab experiments, big brown bats struck at the tails of luna moths (Actias luna) instead of other body parts 55 percent of the time. And when researchers trimmed those tails off the moths, ...

This latest work builds on a parallel study out of Boise State University, published last year, demonstrating that big brown bats are significantly better at capturing luna moths that have lost ...

To put the theory to the test, a research team from Boise State University, University of Florida, and Northeast Ohio Medical University pitted 162 luna moths against eight brown bats. Half of the ...

Kandi Karkos of Wilton was at a youth baseball game in Auburn when she saw a pair of Luna moths mating so she captured them and took them home to learn more about their life cycle.

Luna moths are native to the Eastern half of North America. Like all silk moths, they have distinctive long, trailing tails on their hindwings, or “twisted, ...