These moths are quite large, and their caterpillars produce silk shortly before the pupa stage of their development. The luna moth – named after the Roman moon goddess, Luna – lives in eastern North ...

The Madagascan moon moth (Argema mittrei) begins life as a caterpillar, hatching from one of 100 to 150 eggs, although many of its siblings will not make it to adulthood. The caterpillar, along with ...

The Mature Moon Moths only live for about a week. “The one we found lived for nine days and laid about 200 eggs for three days,” said Tharanga. These eggs started hatching after another three days ...