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"Fred the Thread" "'Fred the Thread' is vying for a place in the record books as the world's thinnest caterpillar, its discoverers say. The New Zealand caterpillar is barely 0.9 millimetres wide and is the larval stage of an entirely new... more
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Mystery of moth flight revealed - Telegraph
Mystery of moth flight revealed Antennae provide them with handy gyroscopes "Researchers have known that two-winged insects stay stable thanks to a pendulum-shaped appendage called a "haltere" which is an organ that grows where a second set of wings might... more
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Hummingbird Hawkmoth on Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Hummingbird hawkmoth Image: janerc on Flickr Hummingbird hawkmoths (Macroglossum stellatarum) feed by hovering in front of a flower, probing it repeatedly using the proboscis. I always get pretty excited when I see one (I rarely see them where I live). I spotted... more
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Butterflies and Skippers of North America - Main Page
Opler et al.'s on-line guide to the butterflies of North America
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Lepidoptera Life Cycles
Lepidoptera Life Cycles A nicely illustrated description of the life cycle of Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths). A useful comparison is made between the larvae of Lepidoptera and sawflies - which is how I came to find this site. Small Tortoiseshell caterpillar,... more
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