Males are smaller. The front wings of each are crossed by two whitish, oblique, parallel lines. Mature larvae, or caterpillars, are 2 to 2 1/2 inches long. The head and body are generally deep black.

The authors' demonstration that impaired olfactory perception reduces caterpillar performance and increases susceptibility to parasitism is solid. These findings highlight the ecological significance ...

Pine caterpillars feed on the needles of pine trees. In large numbers, they can severely weaken the trees, making them more vulnerable to attacks by other pests or diseases, and to environmental ...

The story goes like this: moths laying eggs in hanging weblike nests that drop to the ground when they have served their ...

The fungus eats its way through the helpless moth larvae and then sprouts out of their heads like a spring daisy. But this rare hybrid, the caterpillar fungus, isn't just totally fascinating ...

But every other stage - egg, caterpillar and pupa - can be attacked, as is the case with most insects.' A butterfly egg is tiny, but wasps can still develop inside it. When a wasp larva finds itself ...

Some families of caterpillars (larvae of butterflies and moths) have developed a specific kind of interaction with ants. One of these families (Riodinidae) includes two species that interact ...