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AFTER EMERGING in spring on the plains of southern Queensland, NSW and Victoria, some two thousand million bogong moths (Agrotis infusa) migrate up to a thousand kilometres to spend summer in granite caves and crannies in the Australian Alps. Not for food or mates do they travel, but just toRead More →

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Butterflies and moths go through the same stages in their metamorphosis with one difference. Many moths form a cocoon instead of a chrysalis. Moths form cocoons by first spinning a silken “house” around them. Once the cocoon is finished, the moth caterpillar molts for the last time, and forms aRead More →