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

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The box tree moth is the latest invasive species to create problems for Southeast Michigan, which already wrestles with ...

Children’s books are not always the best source of scientific information, but the generations who read The Very Hungry Caterpillar ... but offered them leaves and bits of wood instead, non ...

A couple who dressed up as Santa and Mrs. Claus, a horticulturalist, a retired state employee and more are among the victims.

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But unlike 99.87 percent of the nearly 200,000 species of moths and butterflies that eat leaves, this caterpillar ... Now he wasn't hungry any more—and he wasn't a little caterpillar anymore. He was a ...

A changing climate is leading to changes in the timing of key ecological events, including the timing of bud burst, the spring peak in leaf-eating caterpillar ... earlier than peak caterpillar biomass ...

What it eats: Flies, weevils, bark beetles, ants or any arthropod caught in a spider's web Why it's awesome: The bone collector is not just a very hungry caterpillar — it has an appetite for flesh.

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Another unusual trait is the caterpillar's exclusive choice of insect parts or spider exoskeletons for their casing, rather than natural materials like bark or leaves, when tested in a lab.