These caterpillars carry a toxic chemical cocktail and Inquisition-like delivery implements—and their geographic range is ...

While out in the yard, a tabby cat caught sight of a caterpillar rolling around on the ground and began imitating the insect.

Unless you've chopped all the trees on your overgrown farm, it's the best place to find some Caterpillars or other insects.

But one species of caterpillar is thought to be the first recorded self-medicating insect. Becoming an adult butterfly or moth is a high-stakes obstacle course. One of the biggest threats a ...

"But there's a lot of foundational work to do first." Caterpillars are the larval stages of the insect order Lepidoptera, the butterflies and moths. It's just one of many animal groups with little ...

DNR The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will soon be flying an aerial detection survey across the state to pinpoint where defoliation from forest tent caterpillars has ...

Forest tent caterpillar populations have been rising in some northern and west-central Minnesota counties since 2007, and that trend is expected to intensify, officials with the Minnesota ...

Becoming a butterfly is a dangerous game, and it's easy for caterpillars to fall victim to some very unsavoury characters along the way. As well as facing threats from hungry birds and insects, ...

The Western population of the monarch butterfly has declined to a near-record low with fewer than 10,000 found living in ...

But these caterpillars will not turn into butterflies ... Dr Roy Anderson, an insect specialist at the Ulster Museum, said 2023 has been a particularly severe year for ash sawfly defoliation.