Harsh lighting doesn’t ruin the chemistry of romantic trysts just for humans. Artificial lighting can miscue female moths into sending out skimpy, and possibly stinky, scents instead of their usual ...

Females of the species called rattlebox moths sniff out each other’s male-attracting pheromones and congregate, creating the pheromone-based equivalent of male frogs gathering in a pond to croak a ...

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 ...

Researchers from the UvA and North Carolina State University have identified the specific mixture of pheromone chemicals that male moths use during courtship. The findings provide more detail about ...

MANHATTAN, Kan. — A collaborative experiment involving a Kansas State University biochemist may mark the beginning of an effective, environmentally friendly plant-based method of insect control.

A collaborative experiment involving a Kansas State University biochemist may mark the beginning of an effective, environmentally friendly plant-based method of insect control. Timothy Durrett, ...

Moth pheromone biosynthesis underpins a crucial communication system that governs mate attraction and reproductive isolation. This process entails a series of chemical transformations in which fatty ...

For decades, apple and pear growers have "adorned" their orchards with hundreds of plastic dispensers that emit a chemical sex attractant, or pheromone, to disrupt codling moth mating. A new spraying ...

A bioengineered oilseed plant can produce a moth sex pheromone molecule used to control insect pests. Pheromones are chemical signals that cause a behavioural response in members of the same or ...

Reminiscence of the early days / Wendell L. Roelofs -- Pheromones : reproductive isolation and evolution in moths / Jeremy D. Allison and Ring T. Cardé -- Variation in moth pheromones : causes and ...

JOHNSON COUNTY, Tenn. — Communities in Johnson County may have seen white wings fluttering around their lights and around trees. Soon, there may be fewer moths flying around. Many of those moths may ...

The coddling moth, Cydia pomonella, may seem harmless. But its larvae are a big problem. They burrow into fruit, seal up the hole with “frass” (their own poop), and eat the fruit from the inside out.