Particle guidance by the flapping of flightless silkworm moths was quantified by computational fluid dynamic analyses. (a) The flapping silkworm moths were filmed by two high-speed cameras (1,000 fps) ...

While the scanning electron micrograph is genuine and unaltered, it shows the head of a silkworm moth caterpillar and not a Demodex mite, as posts on social media misleadingly claimed. To verify this ...

Researchers from Shinshu University and Chiba University develop a novel bio-hybrid drone using odor-sensing antennae from silkworm moths. Incorporation of an electroantennography (EAG) sensor to ...

Ohio’s moth fauna is incredibly diverse. At least 2,000 species have been documented, and scores of others await discovery. I once heard an expert on “micro-moths” say that if we could find all of ...

One of nature’s most baffling phenomena has been the extraordinary power of female moths to attract mates over long distances. In one experiment, a female emperor in a gauze cage collected 127 males ...

A bit more than one hundred years ago Maynard and Stow had a moth problem. Two moth problems, actually. Gypsy moths had been deliberately brought to Medford, in 1869 in an attempt to create a hybrid ...