This story appears in the June 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. Light green, long winged, and roughly the size of a playing card, the luna moth is a striking creature. It’s a clever ...

The Luna Moths don't eat at their last stage when they transform into a winged insect ... But to our surprise it sat on a rock for a while showing its beauty,” Tharanga recalls. The Moon Moth belongs ...

The big, pale green swallow-tailed luna moth is an example of all of these things, as is the cecropia moth, which can be 15cm across. Another reason we dislike moths is that they normally come out ...