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

Scientists discovered a caterpillar that lives in spider webs, eating the bugs that get stuck - including the spider that ...

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

Cutworms—a generic term for the caterpillars of many moths—feed on tender plants. Learn how to get rid of cutworms in the ...

Neem oil is a natural pesticide that is recommended for many plant problems. But how safe is neem oil, really, and when can ...

According to the National Phenology Network, spring (as determined by a variety of "signs of spring" like leaf out and bud ...

To help with your spring plant-selecting, here's a collection of plants that have won assorted awards for the 2025 growing season.

Fortunately, the berries of this plant aren’t as toxic as the leaves, roots, and stems. However, touching or eating the berries could still ... including bees and butterflies (caterpillars). However, ...

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

These are pests of the cool, wet times of spring and early summer. They hang out in moist, mulched beds and they come out to ...

Biologists waited until the caterpillars were old enough that they were nearly ready to begin metamorphosis, then they placed them onto the plant to eat and shortly after choose a leaf to build a ...

And it’s not what you’d expect. It’s a caterpillar. But it doesn’t eat leaves. It doesn’t spin cocoons. And it doesn’t mind getting a little creepy. Nicknamed the “bone collector ...