Ascalapha odorata, sometimes known as The Black Witch is a migratory moth found commonly in the tropics of the Americas. This moth is the largest insect in the continental United States with a ...

The experts consider this moth a stray because the Black Witch moth generally ranges in tropical climates like south Florida and south Texas year around, yet individual moths have been sighted in ...

A Black Witch Moth, sometimes known as the “bat moth,” resembles a bat in size and shape with a seven-inch wingspan. It is the largest moth in North America.

The White Witch Moth glides like a ghost through the treetops while carrying the widest recorded wingspan—up to 12 inches. Its marbled silver and brown wings mimic the texture of tree bark ...

With the cold nights it has been awhile since I thought about mothing. Moth diversity peaks in the hot and humid months of summer and we are far past that now. However, this past Sunday I got an ...

A black witch moth was spotted June 28, 2019, by Eric Allix Rogers near his South Shore home. Then as the moth sat on the wooden door, Rogers captured photos of the moth before tweeting a photo ...

A scientific research grant that includes funding for Greater Hartford schoolchildren to study the legendary White Witch moth has been awarded to University of Connecticut’s Department of Eco… ...

His results were exactly what were expected: black moths were eaten more often in a clean forest than the background-matching white moths. Majerus’s experiments addressed his own, and other ...

Black Witch Moths are native to South and Central America and have a wing span that can measure up to 7 inches. “This is a species that tends to wander a lot,” Taron said.