WITH reference to the paragraph in NATURE of August 18 (p. 389) on the striped hawk moth, on May 23 this year I found a specimen alive in a thick bed of lily-of-the-valley; it had just emerged, and ...

THERE has been a letter or two in recent numbers of NATURE on the finding of rare moths in England. It may be of interest to the writers to know that in the middle of last September there was caught ...

An immigration of rare moths are on their way to the UK from Europe - and some of them are as big as a human hand. Wildlife lovers are being encouraged to look out for the various breeds that are ...

Yes, you read the headline right. The UK could be about to be invaded by an influx of giant moths, some of which are as big as your hand. Wildlife lovers are being encouraged to look out for the ...

If you walk through a field of fireweed, you might see spittle bugs, aphids and — if you are lucky — a hawk moth. They hover at flowers on their rather narrow wings, extending their “tongues” to ...