What We Are Reading Today: Moths of the World

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Updated 30 March 2025
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What We Are Reading Today: Moths of the World

  • Moths of the World is an essential guide to this astonishing group of insects, highlighting their diversity, metamorphoses, marvelous caterpillars, and much more

Author: David Wagner

With more than 160,000 named species, moths are a familiar sight to most of us, flickering around lights, pollinating wildflowers about meadows and gardens, and as unwelcome visitors to our woolens.

They come in a variety of colors, from earthy greens and browns to gorgeous patterns of infinite variety, and range in size from enormous atlas moths to tiny leafmining moths. 

Moths of the World is an essential guide to this astonishing group of insects, highlighting their diversity, metamorphoses, marvelous caterpillars, and much more.