As night falls over Australia's forests, grasslands and backyards, the hidden world of nocturnal insects stirs to life. In ...

The insect was identified as the Indian Moon Moth or Indian Luna Moth (Actias selene), usually a nocturnal creature. The Moon Moth has a very soft colouration of very pale green forewings with white ...

Yet, as Nuwan Chaturanga, a Lepidoptera expert who is also specialising in Sri Lanka’s ecosystems, reveals, moths are far from ordinary. These nocturnal insects possess fascinating adaptations, play ...

An estimated 22,000 species of moth call Australia home, and most are nocturnal, although some are diurnal (day active) or crepuscular (active at dawn and dusk). Many species feed on flower nectar ...

A bat uses its specially adapted large ears to listen for moths. Fishing cats stalk their ... students could name all the ways in which the nocturnal animals shown in the clip are adapted for ...

Lots of other animals are nocturnal too. Prickly hedgehogs come ... They come out at night to hunt for moths. The bats use their big ears to listen out for the moths. They have VERY good hearing.

As night falls over Australia’s forests, grasslands and backyards, the hidden world of nocturnal insects stirs to life. In many ecosystems, overall insect activity actually peaks at night ...