Animals all face the same challenges: finding enough to eat and surviving long enough to pass on their genes. While there are endless ways Nature has addressed these challenges, it sometimes arrives ...
THE search is on in Worcestershire for one of the world's most exotic moths. People are being asked to check their gardens for humming-bird hawk-moths to find out if it is trying to colonise Britain.
Myself and husband Dave spotted this in our garden in Cabra in August. Apparently it is a hummingbird hawk moth, and it may be a little bit rare. It’s not a great photo as it hardly stopped moving at ...
Our region is justly noted for its varied laurel and rhododendron species. For most of us, year in and year out, the commonest and largest of these tends to be rosebay rhododendron. You don't have to ...
Late summer brings an amazing insect to our flower gardens across the United States. It is the sphinx moth, also called the hawk moth or hummingbird moth. No matter what you call it, this is a large ...
There are over 2,500 species of moth that have been recorded in the UK, according to enthusiast Roger Freestone. Having spotted over 450 different species in his own garden over the years, the ...
Late summer brings an amazing insect to our flower gardens across the United States. It is the sphinx moth, also called the hawk moth or hummingbird moth. No matter what you call it, this is a large ...
They've often been regarded as a bit of a pest, flapping frantically around lights at night or getting into wardrobes and eating holes in our clothes. However, moths are vanishing from our gardens at ...