It's #NationalMothWeek! Have you ever seen a hummingbird moth? Instead of a beak like a hummingbird, it has a long tongue-like proboscis that rolls out of its coiled tube to reach the nectar deep inside flowers. Its tongue is about double the length of the moth’s body. | NYS Department of Environmental Conservation

Happy #MothWeek! ✨With 5,000 species in 🇨🇦 alone, moths are so much more than meets the eye. They're essential to our ecosystem—providing food for other animals and pollinating native plants. Take a moment to appreciate these incredible insects with our special “moth”-tage video! | WWF-Canada

Happy National Moth Week! Moths are one of many groups of insects that go through complete metamorphosis, meaning they go through 4 stages in their journey from egg to adult. Our sphinx moths start as tiny eggs, less than 2mm in diameter! After hatching, they eat as much as possible and grow to 70mm long. Once they reach their final size, they burrow into the ground to pupate and emerge as adult moths after approximately 14 days. While the caterpillars of all species of sphinx moths might be con

This is National Moth Week, so we brought the moths to you. These moths were documented on Crane Trust property by our Fellows, Megan and Matt. They attracted and photographed our moth friends the night of July 27th and into the early morning. #cranetrust #nocturnal #moths #conservation #entomology | Crane Trust