Butterflies are distinguished from moths in being active during the day, having clubbed antennae and lacking a frenulum. Of the 700 species of butterflies that occur in North America, 74 occur in the ...

This column has focused on butterflies, but much of it is also relevant to moths, which are the other members of the Lepidoptera order of winged insects. About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera have ...

No challenge is too much for these butterflies and moths. Beating the competition is everything ... with up to six successive generations spending their lives flying north. The painted lady recently ...

As humans drop off to sleep, the invisible world of moths comes to life ... the successor to his 500-page guide to eastern North America’s caterpillars. The guide for the west will probably ...

About 150 species of butterflies have been documented in ... It was once the most abundant bird in North America, numbering as many as 5 billion individuals. At its peak, no one would have thought ...