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Miller moth season returns to Colorado as the harmless bugs migrate 02:19. You've probably noticed them in your doorway, along windows and in the nooks and crannies of your car.
The invasive spongy moth and its caterpillars can decimate a garden. Here’s how to fight back. By Margaret Roach Until this year, the only spongy moths I had encountered were the winged adults ...
Billions of nocturnal Bogong moths migrate up to 1,000 km to cool caves in the Australian Alps that they have never previously visited. New research shows how they may find their way there and back.
Bogong moths are endangered and were added to the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s “red list” in 2021. Each spring, billions of bogong moths fill southeast Australia’s skies.
From “Potential for Identification of Wild Night-Flying Moths by Remote Infrared Microscopy,” by Meng Li et al., in Journal of the Royal Society Interface, Vol. 19, No. 191; June 22, 2022 ...
A moth with a wingspan of 10 inches has been found in the U.S. for the first time, according to the Washington State Department of Agriculture, which is asking residents to report further sightings.
Notably, 16 spongy moths were trapped in the upscale Los Angeles community of Calabasas between October 2023 and July 2024, prompting officials to announce emergency measures to exterminate them.
Each spring, billions of bogong moths fill southeast Australia’s skies. Fleeing the lowlands and trying to beat the heat, they fly roughly 600 miles to caves embedded in the Australian Alps. The ...
The Washington State Department of Agriculture has started aerial treatment for spongy moth caterpillars. Tue, 01 Jul 2025 22:02:08 GMT (1751407328411) Story Infinite Scroll ...
An extremely rare moth discovered during a nature walk at a Dorset farm is a “significant find", according to experts. Dr Jack Oughton, from Dorset Moth Group, came across two of the moths ...
Each year in the spring, the moths migrate around 620 miles (1,000 kilometers) north to the Australian Alps, where they can avoid the heat by hiding in cool caves until the fall, when they return ...
Browntail moth populations typically go through a boom-bust cycle that lasts 10-12 years, and 2024 was considered the ninth year of the current outbreak. So in year 10, 2025, ...