Moths live only a few days to mate, lay eggs and then die. Only male moths fly. Eggs are laid on most any hard surface in clusters of 500-1,000 eggs that can survive over winter.

Just like their more familiar cousin, the Gypsy Moth, they feed on maple, oak, elm, and fruit trees. But Winter Moths have a different life cycle.

Winter moths shift the active parts of their life cycle into the colder months. Eggs are laid in December and hatch in late March.

Butterflies and moths spend the winter in various stages of their life cycle. For example, the adult monarch butterfly spends the winter in Mexico.

CAPE ELIZABETH — The town and local land trust decided not to band trees against the invasive winter moth this fall because recent releases of parasitoid flies appear to be working.

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The adult moths will be emerging from their pupae soon and the males and females will mate to continue their life cycle.

Isabella moths / woolly bears have an interesting life cycle. Unlike many species of moths and butterflies, woolly bears spend the winter as full-grown caterpillars.

In mid-November to early December, out of nowhere, thousands of flying, tan moths appear, covering windows, swarming headlights or lit doorways, and making life generally unpleasant for drivers ...