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.

Female Luna moths are easily identified by their smaller antennae. Because they release the pheromones, they do not need the heightened sensitivity that males require to detect these chemical signals.

How a male moth can find a female—even at night, through fog, and as far as seven miles away—is a favorite puzzle of entomologists. The male moth flies unerringly downwind, which rules out ...

A moth antenna can be integrated into the electronics of a drone to create a smell-seeking bio-hybrid – but it only detects the smell of a female moth ...

In search of the male silk moth pheromone. The pheromone of female silk moths, bombykol, was chemically characterized as early as 1959—the first insect pheromone ever.

When female Luna moths are ready to mate, they perch in one spot and release pheromones. Males, with extremely sensitive antennae, can detect and follow a pheromone trail, according to the ...

MANY persons, whether entomologists or not, must have noticed a rather slender, dark-coloured moth with feathery antennæ flying among bushes on the continent; and a much larger, stout-bodied ...

Terutsuki attached an antenna cut from a silkworm moth to electrodes and mounted it as an odour-detecting sensor on a small drone that measured 10 centimeters square.

If you’re a female moth, finding the best plant to host your young may be as simple as taking a close listen. When low on water, some plants make high-pitched clicking noises, inaudible to humans.

The Luna moth represents rebirth, transformation, and hope. Known by the scientific name Actias luna, this nocturnal insect has been an important symbol in many cultures. Some believe it has ...