If you catch a view from a different angle, the moth's fanned tail and mannerisms may have you believe you spotted a hummingbird. Like other members of the Hemaris genus, these inch-long creatures ...

The big, pale green swallow-tailed luna moth is an example of all of these things, as is the cecropia moth, which can be 15cm across. Another reason we dislike moths is that they normally come out ...

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They work very well, and the males can sense females from miles and miles away.' One aspect that makes the Madagascan moon moth so striking is its long, red and yellow tails, believed to be used in ...

Found throughout the eastern United States and Canada, this silk moth’s unique pale green color and long tails make it easy ...

As the echolocating hunter comes in for the kill, says Barber, the moth’s moving tails distract and fool the bat, knocking its attack off target; it may nab a bite of an extremity but seldom the ...

Browntail moth caterpillars on oak leaves at Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park in Freeport, Maine. Every other Friday, the Outside/In team here at NHPR answers listener questions about the natural world.