In April 2019, an image supposedly showing a Japanese Giant Emperor Moth was passed around social media: Although this photograph has often been presented as if it documented a large species of moth, ...

It’s not easy being deaf in the dark—especially when your greatest enemy is a master of sound. Such is the twilight plight of the humble cabbage tree emperor moth (Bunaea alcinoe): It’s all these ...

Some moths aren’t so easy for bats to detect. The cabbage tree emperor moth has wings with tiny scales that absorb sound waves sent out by bats searching for food. That absorption reduces the echoes ...

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