the ultronia’s red and black, and the Io moth’s huge, eye-like spots – which are probably meant to scare away predators. Moths are as worth appreciating as butterflies, even if they aren’t ...

A large collection of around 170,000 pinned British specimens, along with a good selection ... The 23,000 foreign specimens provide a good coverage of world butterfly genera and include D.P. Murray's ...

The present volume brings the subject much more up to present knowledge, as it now contains descriptions of all the species of strictly European butterflies and larger moths enumerated in the ...

With a wingspan of just 2.5 millimetres, the Stigmella maya is one of the most petite moths known to science. But just how miniature do you need to be to qualify as a micro-moth? The scientific name ...

There are actually very few differences between moths and butterflies and they all belong to one group - Lepidoptera. Description: The black forewings have striking creamy-white stripes and the ...

Dr Fox said: 'When used on farmland, these chemicals make their way into the wild plants growing at field edges, resulting in ...

Princess Charlotte gently holds a Red ... Peacock butterflies perched on buddleia, spotted during their butterfly count. Public urged to count butterflies after poor spring Backyard moth spotting ...

Butterfly expert Luke Brown explains which flowers from around the world you can plant to encourage butterflies, and wildlife gardener Caroline Ware reveals how a variety of British native plant ...

In some years, it can be common and may be seen in gardens, hovering like a hummingbird as it feeds on the nectar of honeysuckle, red valerian and other flowers ... makes an audible hum. To attract ...

Lepidoptera—the order of insects to which butterflies and moths belong—is in fact Greek for “scaly wing.” The Academy has more than 700,000 butterflies and moths in its collection, 38 of which are ...