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Late fall and early winter are the best times of year to spot giant silk moth cocoons in New England. Perhaps you’ve seen these creatures in the summer, fluttering by your porch light in the evening ...

June means warm nights, summer solstice, fireflies … and the seldom-seen giant silk moths. Giant silk moths are members of the family Saturniidae and include some of the most spectacular native large ...

If you look carefully, that brown leaf-like item clinging to a tree branch during winter might turn out to be a cocoon. A cecropia moth cocoon attached to a fence — as seen in winter — as opposed to ...

When Shafer farmer Dan Sheild was pruning his stone-fruit trees last fall, he was observant enough to distinguish a cocoon from what could have been easily dismissed as dried leaf. He kept it ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. Late fall and early winter are the best times of year to spot giant silk moth cocoons in New England. Perhaps you’ve seen these creatures in the summer ...