South of Fall Creek by the edge of the woods, the moths would gather. They were, of course, drawn by light—set out by a ...

The concept of moths being attracted to light is so established that it’s found in poems, song lyrics, and folklore. These ...

Traditional light traps used by entomologists for sampling, known as mercury vapor black light traps (MVTs), can be expensive and difficult to use in remote areas. Powered by car batteries, they can ...

I was thumbing through the most recent issue of the Journal of Insect Conservation (what, you don’t subscribe?) and I came across an interesting article that notes the declining number of moths ...

Trillions of insects embark, largely unnoticed, on epic journeys every year across mountain ranges, deserts and seas, and it is only now, as their numbers suffer huge declines, that scientists are tra ...

A cheaper, lighter moth trap can improve the ability of students and other citizen scientists to traps and collect insects. Researchers from Michigan State University believe they have invented a ...