A cinnamon teal that's rarely seen in Ontario has been spotted in a Grimsby, Ont., wetland. Local birders estimate over 200 ...

Goetze: The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department reports that butterfly watching — butterflying — is becoming almost as ...

Even so, it is enormous, able to cover a man’s entire hand. Its wings appear dull and mottled until Jasmin slides the forewing away from the hind wing, revealing a shock of yellow between.

They go through various stages until they burrow into grass and soil and come out 10 to 20 days later as adults, typically an inch in length with a drop-shaped mark in the middle of the forewing.

Goetze: Did you know that moths are more numerous than butterflies? There are approximately eight to 10 moth species for each ...

An ermine moth is white with small black spots on the forewing, but the number of spots can vary. They form ghostly webbing over the leaves to protect themselves from predatory birds while they feast.

The challenge was to find a solitary butterfly, catching the sun with its wings not fully closed and no wind. The small heath butterfly closes its wings as soon as it settles, hiding the ‘eye’ and ...

The nettle is the main food plant of peacock caterpillars and therefore attracts females looking for suitable sites to lay their eggs. All of which is a good reason for us to cherish our nettle ...

Adult females are flightless and males are chestnut coloured, with a distinct white spot on the rear of each forewing. We spotted the lifeless body of a bird lying by the roadside on Horn Head ...

If you have erred, the pin can be withdrawn and run through again starting in the hole already made. Because the hindwings of bandwinged grasshoppers possess taxonomic characters, spread the left ...

Tucked away in a century-old house, a lepidopterist meticulously preserves the vibrant yet fleeting lives of India’s moths and butterflies ...