An earlier version of this article misstated the number of pepper moth caterpillars that were tested to determine if they can change color using only their skin. It was more than 300, not 3,000.

Today, peppered moths—and their larval caterpillar counterparts—are ... bit disbelieving” regarding larvae’s ability to change color accurately using only their eyes, which are relatively ...

A: This beauty is one of my favorite insects — a luna moth, a native species and one of our largest North American moths. Their green color ... fat stored from the caterpillar stage —which ...

Earlier-season luna broods spend two weeks undergoing a remarkable transformation from caterpillar to moth within the cocoon. On the fateful morning, the moth wriggles free of its cocoon and ...

The caterpillars, which are a bright lime green color with spikes on their backs, feed on the sweetgum leaves throughout the summer and grow to about 2½ inches long. Kwiatkowski said luna moth ...

Some insects, such as caterpillars of the peppered moth (Biston betularia), also match their body colour to the twig color of their food plant; although this colour change is rather slow compared to ...

No one has a solid handle on the diversity of moths ... green luna with its dapper tails is the climax stage of a four-part life cycle. It starts life as a tiny egg, which hatches a caterpillar ...