When the atlas moth breaks out of its cocoon, it has already eaten its last meal, and that meal happened weeks earlier, when it was still a caterpillar. The adult moth has no functional mouth. No ...

Photograph of an Attacus atlas caterpillar depicting the differences between the thoracic legs, which are uniramous (have one branch) and end in a single claw, and the prolegs, which are fleshy and ...

The Atlas moth (Attacus atlas), endemic to South East Asia and considered to be one of the largest moths in the world, was spotted by a birdwatcher in Kalvarayan Hills in the Eastern Ghats recently.