Predators are far more likely to attack adult moths than caterpillars, highlighting the protective power of metamorphosis.

Age is just a number, or is it? A new study by UTEP researchers shows that adult moths are more vulnerable to attack than ...

Replicas of the white-lined sphinx moth in adult stage and caterpillar stage were built out of clay, said Braulio Alexis Sanchez, a postbaccalaureate student who conducted much of the research and ...

Larva and pupa of tobacco hornworm. (Photos by Kathy Keatley Garvey) Ever held a tobacco hornworm? You can when the Bohart Museum of Entomology at UC Davis hosts its annual "Moth Night" open house on ...

The hornworm is a common name for a sphinx moth’s caterpillar (larvae). One species of hornworm is called the “tomato hornworm” because they love to munch on the leaves of tomato plants. Another ...

Ash sphinx moth larvae eat plants in the olive family, including lilacs, ashes, and privets. As for the adults, they feed on deep-throated flowering plants, including honeysuckle, primrose, and ...

Researchers have found that because the plant can’t self-pollinate, it relies on pollinators like the white-lined sphinx moth.