Looks like humans aren’t the only species putting robots to use. Recently, a male moth drove a two-wheeled robot around in search for his female counterpart. A team of researchers from the University ...

Polyphemus moths call an hour before and after midnight, and if a female remains unmated, she will call again just before dawn. Using their large feathery antenna, male silk moths can detect ...

A mention of silk moths may conjure up images of China where, for millennia, fibers teased from cocoons of domesticated silk moths (Bombyx mori) have been used to manufacture silk, and the producers, ...

NAGANO, Japan >> Researchers in Japan have developed an odor-detecting drone that uses antennae taken from insects. The “insect drone” can autonomously find its way to the source of an odor. The ...

Enlarged papier mache model of male silk moth, can be taken apart for study. Parts are numbered. One of a pair, male and female; together with a silkworm model. Made by firm of Louis Auzoux, French ...

Chewing gum companies might be on to something. At least, as long as you stick to spearmint-flavored gum — and you are a moth. Senior author Coby Schal, an urban entomology professor at North Carolina ...

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