Earth is home to over 20,000 caterpillar species, found in every corner of the globe except Antarctica. While most are ...

These little caterpillars around South Carolina this summer may look whimsical, but their venomous touch is excruciating.

NEW ORLEANS — The stinging buck moth caterpillars are back. Dozens have been spotted at a restaurant in Mid-City New Orleans. That's where Lisa Black was eating after flying in from Philadelphia ...

The stinging buck moth caterpillars are back. Dozens have been spotted at a restaurant in Mid-City New Orleans. Related: 4 types of stinging caterpillars in New Orleans That's where Lisa Black was ...

Buck moth caterpillars specifically also have glands at the base of their stinging hairs that releases a toxin when they're broken off, according to the University of Florida's Institute of Food ...

Other stinging species found in Texas include buck moth caterpillars, io moth caterpillars, hag moths and saddleback caterpillars. Brown said the species are not considered invasive and usually ...

Spring is back and brings the stinging caterpillar with it. The LSU College of Agriculture shares tips on how to relieve a pain familiar to many Louisiana residents.

The southern flannel moths likes to feed on elms, maples, hackberries, hollies, oaks, and sycamores, according to the NC State Extension. Kelly Stoj If you see this fluffy little fuzzball around ...

It's the worst time of the year in New Orleans -- stinging caterpillars are back. According to the LSU AgCenter, buck moth caterpillars become a problem in the spring in Louisiana due to their ...

Louisiana residents are already encountering buck moth caterpillars, the stinging crawlers that fall out of trees. Here's how a snow storm impacted them, and what to do if you get stung by one.

Imagine—a very large, soft caterpillar that does not bite or sting, devoid of poisonous spines and urticating (barbed) hairs, unable to fly or run away. Admittedly, the colors and patterns of some ...