They’re very long chain-like molecules with lots of ... in polyethylene are also present in the wax that the caterpillars eat. By evolving to digest the latter, they may have inadvertently ...

There are few children’s books more beloved than Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar ... Yet when you consider exactly what the caterpillar eats, it’s hard not to think that, rather ...

Getting ahead on their dining allows these ravenous critters more wiggle room to find food sources in difficult conditions.

Caterpillars (Spodoptera litura) can eat anything thanks to the expansion ... This type of caterpillars now causes very significant damage to Southeast Asia, but it can spread rapidly, also ...

"One hundred wax worms are capable of biodegrading 92 milligrams [0.003 ounces] of polyethylene in 12 hours, which really is very ... the caterpillar degraded the plastic simply by eating it ...

Eric Carle’s famous book “The Very ... about healthy eating (while their wee ones poke their tiny fingers into the various fruits and food items devoured by the very hungry caterpillar).

The 1-inch-long (3 centimeters) wax worm, also known as the honey worm caterpillar (Galleria mellonella), is no stranger to unconventional meals. Now, through a serendipitous discovery ...