The beautiful purple emperor butterfly and a hummingbird hawk moth were spotted in the very warm temperatures in Hardwick Hall’s herb garden. The purple emperor is one of Britain's largest butterflies ...

I FORWARD a sketch of the larva of a hawk moth found in the Khasi Hills, Assam, in the position it assumes when disturbed. its resemblance to a snake will be at once evident.

When animals cry, moths start licking their chops. The less glamorous relatives of butterflies have been known to use their long proboscis to sip the tears of everything from birds to reptiles to even ...