However, the irritation is caused by stings, not bites. Out of 165,000 ... notable exceptions to this rule. Moths from the genus Calyptra, also known as vampire moths or fruit-piercing moths ...

Jennifer Zaspel can’t explain why she stuck her thumb in the vial with the moth. Just an after-dark, out-in-the-woods zing of curiosity. She was catching moths on a July night in the Russian Far ...

Vampire moth butterfly (Calpe capucina or Calyptra thalictri), Noctuidae. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)While these creatures are seemingly vastly different from each other, experts on ...