WHITE CLOUD, Mich. (WZZM) - It looks like something you would see in a science fiction movie, but it was actually spotted in West Michigan. Kelsey Kakoczki found a giant moth in her back yard and was ...

Most people think of moths as small insects fluttering across porch lights, but some species greatly challenge that image.

Polyphemus moths call an hour before and after midnight, and if a female remains unmated, she will call again just before dawn. Using their large feathery antenna, male silk moths can detect ...

June means warm nights, summer solstice, fireflies … and the seldom-seen giant silk moths. Giant silk moths are members of the family Saturniidae and include some of the most spectacular native large ...

Those precious silk garments in your closet were made by the caterpillar of a fuzzy, white moth — thousands of them. Silkworms spin a cocoon with a single strand of silk up to 10 city blocks long.

A mention of silk moths may conjure up images of China where, for millennia, fibers teased from cocoons of domesticated silk moths (Bombyx mori) have been used to manufacture silk, and the producers, ...

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, ...

When it comes to an insect popularity contest between butterflies and moths, butterflies get most of the attention. Butterflies are usually, but not always, larger and more colorful. Plus, most moth ...

The hunt starts where the parking lot meets the woods. It is well after dusk. Armed with headlamps, flashlights and cellphones, the group pushes into the weeds. Most are biology students, so along the ...