This is exactly what has happened with Papilio solstitius, a tiger swallowtail butterfly newly recognized as a separate ...

Cultural tip: Avoid overfertilizing roses with water-soluble ... on their preferred host plants. The hatched caterpillars (larvae) continually eat and can devour many times their weight.

They're not just meat-eating but also cannibalistic. If they come across another, smaller caterpillar they will happily consume it. "That's why we never find more than one caterpillar per web ...

Scientists in Hawaii have discovered a new, rare and bizarre species of carnivorous, bone-collecting caterpillars. After hatching, the tiny insects live almost their entire lives in the web of a ...