Polyphemus moths call an hour before and after midnight, and if a female remains unmated, she will call again just before dawn. Using their large feathery antenna, male silk moths can detect ...

Looks like humans aren’t the only species putting robots to use. Recently, a male moth drove a two-wheeled robot around in search for his female counterpart. A team of researchers from the University ...

A paper on the work is newly published online in Nature Nanotechnology. This project is headed by Michael Mayer, an associate professor in the UM departments of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical ...

Male Polyphemus antennae are so attuned to the female moth s ­pheromones that a male can zero in on a female from up to 4.5 kilometres away, writes Monique Keiran. VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS Some shark ...

In order to detect the presence of nearby females, the male silk moth utilizes an oily coating on his antennae. Any female pheromone molecules that are in the air will stick to that coating, which ...

NAGANO, Japan >> Researchers in Japan have developed an odor-detecting drone that uses antennae taken from insects. The “insect drone” can autonomously find its way to the source of an odor. The ...

What you are about to see — and I'm not making this up — is a moth driving a car. That's right. A silk moth — actually, 14 different male silk moths — each, in turn, hooked up to a robotic vehicle at ...

The silk moth's antenna has inspired researchers from the University of Michigan to develop a better nanotechnology tool that could help understand a class of neurodegenerative diseases, including ...

A paper on the work is newly published online in Nature Nanotechnology. This project is headed by Michael Mayer, an associate professor in the U-M departments of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical ...

A mention of silk moths may conjure up images of China where, for millennia, fibers teased from cocoons of domesticated silk moths (Bombyx mori) have been used to manufacture silk, and the producers, ...

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 ...