If you've noticed an unusual amount of frayed holes and snags in your clothes, your closet may be the new home for a family of clothes moths. Mothballs are a popular pesticide product for tackling ...

Mothballs, as their name suggests, are an established solution for keeping clothes moths away, but can they prevent other annoying insects inside, like spiders? Spiders slip indoors for a variety of ...

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 ...

Lauren is a writer and architectural designer living and working in Brooklyn, NY. In addition to being a writer at Forbes, she works as a freelance architectural designer specializing in residential ...

Marie Inger Dam is a co-inventor on several patent applications relating to pheromone production. A single “sexy” gene could help us combat one of the world’s most destructive fruit pests. By deleting ...

I noticed a small bald patch in my bedroom carpet near the dresser a few weeks ago. Then another under the bed. Then I ...

Scientists have released a "self-limiting," genetically engineered moth in hopes of curbing crop damage. The diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella) can absolutely wreck brassicas—a plant genus that ...

Minnesota is working to slow the spread of the invasive spongy moth, with aerial treatments planned in nine counties. The ...

This story was first published by the Sun Herald. Read more here. Just when you thought winter was going to give you a break from all the insect-related drama, sewer moths have to go and ruin all the ...