Scientists say they have figured out how a very clever virus outwits a very hungry caterpillar ... And that liquefies the caterpillar, and then it can rain virus down on the leaves below." ...

In the iconic Eric Carle book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, a caterpillar happens ... for metamorphosis nears and the supply of milkweed leaves dwindles, new research suggests monarch caterpillars ...

They have evolved so that their pupa skin looks like a leaf or a twig, allowing them to hide in plain sight, cocoon-less. The Very Hungry Caterpillar is a great book—and Carle is a wonderful man ...

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

And now scientists have discovered one very hungry caterpillar that doesn’t just eat other insects — it decorates itself in the macabre mishmash of the body parts of its meals. Nicknamed the ...

You may have come across this gluttonous beast in kindergarten: the hungry, hungry caterpillar ... while eating nothing but leaves. In order to digest plants better, caterpillars produce a ...

I went outside to get more leaves, and when I came back maybe 15 minutes later, big caterpillar was sitting ... They are very hungry, especially after the 3rd instar, so if food is scarce they ...

for the chomping sounds they make while munching on leaves — but hawkmoth and sphinx moths are far rowdier, producing clicks, whistles and other sounds when attacked by hungry predators.

Spongy moth caterpillars are hungry! Each caterpillar can consume a square yard of leaves during its lifetime, which lets them easily defoliate a tree during an outbreak. Spongy moth caterpillars ...

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.

The Very Hungry Caterpillar has sold more than 40 million ... finds fulfilment in a plain green leaf, and is transformed. Carle knew that the world is a complex and challenging place.