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

"This is partly because moths have a much shorter time to pollinate at night, so they pollinate faster than daytime flying ...

They use their strong scent to guide in pollinators when it is dark. Bees do not have a good sense of smell and in the UK they do not fly at night. Some moths only come out at night and they ...

Generalist butterflies and moths are more common than specialists. Adult Lepidopterans pollinate night-blooming jasmine, evening primrose, four o’clocks, jimpson weed, orchids, blazing star ...

Daytime pollinators like butterflies, birds, and bees rely on visual cues telegraphed by bright colors; night-shift workers like beetles and moths depend on fragrance, the luminescence of white ...

and oranges of their wings are unforgettable when they appear at a lighted window at night. Equally well named are the sphinx or hawk moths, important pollinators that hover like hummingbirds when ...

So hear this: Pollinators may be our planet's most ecologically and economically important group of animals. They provide stability for every terrestrial ecosystem in the world, because wild flowering ...

Unlike many other species of large moths, owl moths do feed as adults, mainly eating nectar from flowers. This contact with flowers makes them important pollinators in the forests they inhabit. An owl ...

Butterflies and moths are considered minor pollinators, as they do not collect pollen as actively as bees do. The differences of butterflies and moths are subtle, yet important. Butterfly’s ...