Most people think of moths as small insects fluttering across porch lights, but some species greatly challenge that image.

Turn on a light outside at night, and it won't be long before a bevy of insects start careening wildly around it, apparently drawn in "like a moth to a flame," as the saying goes. Now, in a series of ...

A photographer visited Guyana and unknowingly carried two stowaways home with her to Wales. Several months later, her daughter noticed a colorful moth near a window. It turned out to be a new species ...

Scientists in the United Kingdom discovered a new species of clearwing moth after a photographer unknowingly carried it home from Guyana. Photo from Sterling, Cadet, Beasley and Lees (2024) A ...