An eBay ad selling live Atlas moth cocoons from a Bellevue-based seller in July. courtesy Patrick Tobin Adult moths, pinned and mounted for display, can sell for $100 or more on eBay.

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It’s not exactly clear how the Atlas moth found its way to the Pacific Northwest, but scientists have a pretty good guess. Someone with a Bellevue-based account was selling Atlas moth cocoons on ...

The moths only survive for a week or two as adults, but they give Díaz Batres tremendous satisfaction, especially when she arrives at her office and new moths “are at the door, on the computer." ...

Tussock moths are eggs all winter which hatch when the weather warms up, usually in late February or early March. They start eating oak leaves and by early April they mature and disperse cocoons.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two moths the size of a hand, their wings patterned with brown and pink around four translucent sections, mate for hours hanging from a line alongside cocoons like the ones ...

CORRECTS BUTTERFLY TO MOTH - A moth emerges from a cocoon while hanging from a clothesline in the gardens of the Natural History Museum in Mexico City, Thursday, May 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Marco ...