Monarch butterflies depend on the milkweed plant as the only food source for its larvae, but the monarchs benefit from the ...

The caterpillars eat new growth from the plants along with the flowers. Zebra swallowtail larvae hide on the undersides of leaves and inside flowers. When disturbed, the caterpillar will enlarge its ...

Caterpillars can be a constant source of frustration for gardeners - but an expert has revealed how you can spot the critters ...

After eating a leaf, big poplar sphinx caterpillars clip the stalk and let it fall, perhaps to hide from predators. The lace-capped caterpillar is a leaf-edge mimic, using its own body to fill in ...

After eating the leaf down to the veins, the caterpillar will use the vein as a bridge to another leaf. At the end of this eating frenzy, the caterpillar forms a cocoon in which they pupate into ...

Its common English name is derived from the caterpillar's eating habits. The caterpillars eat eucalyptus leaves gregariously, with multiple individuals on the same leaf. They eat through both the ...

To find out, I turned to the experts. Tussock moth caterpillars eat the leaves of a wide variety of trees and shrubs. And they themselves can make a hairy snack for other wildlife (Credit ...

"You walk through the forest and you hear the sounds of millions of those caterpillars eating the leaves and … it's disastrous when you see it," said Dion, who in addition to his volunteer role ...

Mech said there was some evidence that caterpillars avoid eating leaves from trees treated with BTK, a biological, environmentally-friendly insecticide. If they avoid eating the leaves ...

GRAND FALLS, N.B. - New Brunswick’s maple syrup industry is considering using an insecticide to kill off forest tent caterpillars that have chewed through a portion of the province’s ...