You will come across many caterpillars in your garden. Knowing a little about the species and their feeding habits will help you make good decisions about whether to try to control or simply tolerate ...

Caterpillars are the most common garden insects. Some are completely harmless, while others can damage crops or deliver painful stings. While you can safely leave most caterpillars alone, some will ...

Top left is Hickory tussock caterpillar, top right is Spiny oak slug caterpillar, bottom left is Puss caterpillar and bottom right is Saddleback caterpillar (Jerry A Payne, Wizzie Brown, John Ghent, ...

A hidden army reaches a crescendo about this time of year. Its tubular soldiers are largely out of sight and mind, but wage battle with vegetation on an epic scale. Mostly emerging under cover of ...

The bizarre-looking caterpillar of the moth species Acharia stimulea is found across large swaths of North America, but if you see one don't touch it because it can deliver a powerful sting. The ...

Researchers in Hawaiʻi have described an unusual species of carnivorous caterpillar that scavenges in spiderwebs while wearing cast-off bits of the spider’s prey. Nicknamed the “bone collector,” the ...