Caterpillars that munch on corn leaves have developed a clever way to get the most nutrients from their meals: They use their poop to trick the plants into lowering their defenses. Scientists at ...

The inventor explains that you can get caterpillars to eat messages into wayward leaves by leaving a trail of honey in the shape of whatever. Leave a honey trail, as this picture shows ...

Plants respond defensively to the sounds that caterpillars make when eating their leaves, research has discovered. Scientists at the University of Missouri (UM) found that plants produce more ...

There is also a possibility that the spray will control another leaf-eating caterpillar, which attacks deciduous trees. Another promising victim for Talalayev’s biological warfare: the viciously ...

gram caterpillar, hawk moth or leaf eating caterpillar and pod borer. These pests occur almost regularly at different stages of the growth and cause heavy damage. Among these, leaf eating ...

"Spider mites, which are less than 0.5 mm long, lose not only their lives but also their offspring and everything else when they encounter voracious leaf-eating caterpillars," says lead author ...

Caterpillars that munch on corn leaves have developed a clever way to get the most nutrients from their meals: They use their poop to trick the plants into lowering their defenses. Scientists at ...

Caterpillars that munch on corn leaves have developed a clever way to get the most nutrients from their meals: They use their poop to trick the plants into lowering their defenses. Scientists at ...