Females of the species called rattlebox moths sniff out each other’s male-attracting pheromones and congregate, creating the pheromone-based equivalent of male frogs gathering in a pond to croak a ...

Chewing gum companies might be on to something. At least, as long as you stick to spearmint-flavored gum — and you are a moth. Senior author Coby Schal, an urban entomology professor at North Carolina ...

A bioengineered oilseed plant can produce a moth sex pheromone molecule used to control insect pests. Pheromones are chemical signals that cause a behavioural response in members of the same or ...

Reminiscence of the early days / Wendell L. Roelofs -- Pheromones : reproductive isolation and evolution in moths / Jeremy D. Allison and Ring T. Cardé -- Variation in moth pheromones : causes and ...

Researchers from the UvA and North Carolina State University have identified the specific mixture of pheromone chemicals that male moths use during courtship. The findings provide more detail about ...

JOHNSON COUNTY, Tenn. — Communities in Johnson County may have seen white wings fluttering around their lights and around trees. Soon, there may be fewer moths flying around. Many of those moths may ...

(Toledo News Now) - Over 13,000 acres of wooded land in Northwest Ohio was recently treated to stem the population growth of the gypsy moth, which poses a threat to over 300 different kinds of trees ...

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The coddling moth, Cydia pomonella, may seem harmless. But its larvae are a big problem. They burrow into fruit, seal up the hole with “frass” (their own poop), and eat the fruit from the inside out.

Changes in weather, when temperatures heat up or the central heating goes on, can exacerbate the problem - Getty They may be miniscule but they can cause major disruption. Moths are determined ...