Mothra is real, and she is Australian. Construction workers at an Australian primary school (i.e. elementary school) found a huge bug this week, and have been proudly showing it off as per primary ...

A giant wood moth was found outside a school in Queensland, Australia, this week. The moth species, believed to be the world's heaviest, can weigh up to an ounce and have a wing span of 10 inches. The ...

Builders working at a school next to a rainforest in Queensland found a rare giant wood moth. The giant wood moth can weigh up to 30 grams, with a wingspan of 9 inches. The builders took a photo ...

Australia is home to many extraordinary creatures, from Antarctic emperor penguins washing ashore to thelargest great white sharkever recorded. Adding to this list of oversized wonders, construction ...

A tradesman working at a construction site for a school in Queensland, Australia made a gross discovery that likely would’ve freaked out most people when he came across a massive moth. The insect or ...

An Australian worker realized every entomophobe’s worst nightmare after encountering a moth so huge that it struggled to fly. The Mount Cotton State School in Queensland, where Mothra was discovered, ...

The post The Planet’s Largest Moths Have Wingspans as Wide as Birds appeared first on A-Z Animals. Most people think of moths as small insects fluttering across porch lights, but some species greatly ...

June means warm nights, summer solstice, fireflies … and the seldom-seen giant silk moths. Giant silk moths are members of the family Saturniidae and include some of the most spectacular native large ...

Most people think of moths as small insects fluttering across porch lights, but some species greatly challenge that image. Inhabiting tropical forests and remote regions of the world are moths with ...