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The white-lined sphinx moth ( Hyles lineata) is a North American sphingid sometimes mistaken for a hummingbird as it hovers ...

In June I wrote a column about an unfortunate Polyphemus moth that hatched out of its cocoon in my kitchen and failed to survive a fall into the dog water dish.

About an inch smaller, and lacking the cecropia's conspicuous knobs, is the caterpillar of the polyphemus moth, our second largest Lepidoptera.

By evening it was completely wrapped up in a little bundle. Thanks to the internet, I was able to track down the most likely suspect: our guest was a Polyphemus moth caterpillar.

It’s a shame the critter died before becoming a moth, because they are really beautiful: large, tan and with purple ringed oval spots that resemble eyes. These spots are what gives Polyphemus ...

Avid nature watcher David John spotted a neat caterpillar in his wife’s garden early in October, then caught the adult form as it emerged days later.

The Polyphemus moth is a large, beautiful moth belonging to the giant silkworm family. It is seen in the Skiatook area from mid-April through August. The caterpillars are present in the fall and ...

Explores various types of insect homes and their life cycles. It discusses how insects like moths, webworms, spittle bugs, gall wasps, beetles, ants, cicadas, ant lions, caddis fly larvae, wasps ...

What are they for? These delicate little grenades are frass, the term for caterpillar droppings, but they are a wonderful find. These are the calling cards of a huge moth known as the Polyphemus moth.

Polyphemus moths are named after the one-eyed giant of Greek mythology. Polyphemus was a huge half-human Cyclops, the son of Poisidon and Thoosa. He is best known for capturing Odysseus in Homer ...

Fortuitously a reader in Pennsylvania read this column and wrote to me after rescuing a beleaguered Polyphemus moth from a parking lot. She, Carol Guenther, jewelry designer and now caterpillar ...