"like a moth to a flame." However, Knewz.com has discovered a new study debunking the widely held belief that flying insects are lured by the glow, finding instead that they become "trapped" by ...

The term “drain fly” can apply to three different groups of insects, but it’s usually used to refer to the one described above, also called the moth fly. Technically, fruit flies and phorid ...

As night falls over Australia's forests, grasslands and backyards, the hidden world of nocturnal insects stirs to life. In ...

Like a moth to flame, many scientists and poets have long assumed that flying insects were simply, inexorably drawn to bright lights. But that's not exactly what's going on, a new study suggests.

From moths eating their own mothers to carnivorous caterpillars on the rampage ... These allow them to kill and eat passing flies and other small insects. They hunt by lying still across a leaf, ...

Termites, cockroaches, and other soil dwelling insects, help to break down plant debris. Flies, beetles, and moths, help to decompose dead animals. Dung beetles are critical for the decomposition ...

A couple who sued a high-end property developer for AU$70 million over a moth infestation at their home in London’s swanky ...

Insects also have wings which some of them use to fly with. Look at this pretty butterfly flapping its wings and flying along. Butterflies and moths are some of the most colourful insects of all.

Cheryl Lang took this photo of a Geranium Plum Moth resting on Pink-flowered Wood Sorel, also known as Oxalis.