Late fall and early winter are the best times of year to spot giant silk moth cocoons in New England.

Sometimes, you learn an animal fact so surprising that you question whether it’s real or not. One such tidbit regards the giant wood moth. As the heaviest moth in the world, adult females only live ...

An Australian worker realized every entomophobe’s worst nightmare after encountering a moth so huge that it struggled to fly. The Mount Cotton State School in Queensland, where Mothra was discovered, ...

June means warm nights, summer solstice, fireflies … and the seldom-seen giant silk moths. Giant silk moths are members of the family Saturniidae and include some of the most spectacular native large ...

A giant wood moth, the heaviest of all known moths, appeared on the side of a school building in Queensland, Australia, enthralling students who are used to diverse wildlife. By Maria Cramer Children ...

Not afraid of lions or tigers or bears? How about a giant moth with a wingspan that can reach up to 10 inches? Now, that’s a whole different story. Officials in Washington state are urging people to ...

Malaysia is seeing an invasion of giant, friendly moths, putting it in the running for most moths against the moth-y cities of Singapore. The BBC reported today that thousands of the giant creatures ...

Mothra is real, and she is Australian. Construction workers at an Australian primary school (i.e. elementary school) found a huge bug this week, and have been proudly showing it off as per primary ...

You know that old saying in journalism: Write about giant, weird bugs once, and your inbox forevermore will brim with photos of giant, weird bugs. It’s been two weeks since we covered the appearance ...

In April 2019, an image supposedly showing a Japanese Giant Emperor Moth was passed around social media: Although this photograph has often been presented as if it documented a large species of moth, ...

Call it The Mothman Prophecies Part II. For the last month, Oklahoma City resident Carol Dillin and her husband have been living their own version of the urban legend. A massive winged creature has ...