These little caterpillars around South Carolina this summer may look whimsical, but their venomous touch is excruciating.

Step 3: Identify them. It’s easy to identify an insect as a moth — unlike butterflies, their wings usually lie flat and they have fuzzy antennae — but it’s hard to tell species apart.

Other differences between butterflies and moths include: Moths tend toward feathery or fuzzy antennae. Butterfly antennae are always thin and clubbed or hooked at the end, and never fuzzy.

But when a photo of an unusual, fluffy moth began circulating online in 2009, many experts were skeptical that it was even real. With its thick, fuzzy body, oversized eyes, and delicate ...

CLEARWATER, Fla. — These fuzzy, little creatures aren't as cuddly as they look. They're called tussock moth caterpillars, and they'll likely leave you with a painful, stringing rash. Clearwater ...

Typically, larval moths will hatch on or near a host plant and use it as a food source to grow. Because of this, an egg laid on the ceiling of a porch isn’t a promising start for a caterpillar ...

Lots of different moth species lay fuzzy clusters of small round or oval eggs, which appear brownish at some point during development. Although other insects lay eggs with similar appearances ...