Browntail moth caterpillars (Euproctis chrysorrhoea) have tiny barbed hairs containing toxins. These poisonous hairs cause skin rashes when touched and may cause breathing problems if inhaled.

The puss caterpillar, found in the Americas, appears harmless with its fluffy exterior but harbors venomous spines beneath.

A hummingbird moth can easily be mistaken for a hummingbird because it looks and acts similar. Learn what makes these sphinx ...

Box tree moths can wreak havoc on your perfectly-sculpted boxwoods, but there are ways to stop the infestation and keep these ...

But who takes home the gold as the better pollinator? Let's find out. Butterflies and moths belong to a diverse group of insects known as Lepidoptera, Latin for "scaly wing." They have similar ...

Recently, I watched a documentary that depicted the Serengeti's famous wildebeest migration as the animals forded a river in ...

The one-year project is assessing how spongy moth defoliation shapes the survival of blacklegged ticks, the main vectors of the pathogens that cause Lyme disease, babesiosis, and anaplasmosis.  “We ...

This is the caterpillar of the ruby tiger moth. It feeds on the leaves of woody plants and ragwort. When full fed, ...

Leek moth will not feed on the outer layer of hollow leaves like this onion; this is not leek moth damage. Figure 1: Feeding damage on outside layer of onion leaf done by salt marsh caterpillar; NOT ...

To get a Crystal Caterpillar, it needs to be winter and the weather must be snowy or blizzard. If you check the crystal ball ...