Deep in the subtropical rainforests of eastern Australia lives a rare caterpillar with a remarkable skull-like marking on its body that it brandishes to scare off predators. The caterpillar in ...
The nocturnal dot-underwing moth may use shape-shifting patterns on its wings as a stealthy way to attract mates in the dark. In a study published last September in Current Biology, scientists report ...
Iridescent spots found on the dot-underwing moth suggest that even nocturnal insects might rely on visual cues Mullookkaaran via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 3.0 Darkness won’t stop the ...
REINSTEIN WOODS NATURE PRESERVE DEPEW NY — The order Lepidoptera includes all moths and butterflies. Together, they number over 180,000 different species, and it is thought that 160,000 of them are ...
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