We often come across small caterpillars in spring, nibbling on leaves all day long. A few weeks later, they disappear and ...

Most striking about complete metamorphosis is how different the larva looks and behaves from the adult. (Watch a time-lapse video of a caterpillar becoming a butterfly.) Other species, such as ...

The team fed tobacco cutworm larvae ( Spodoptera litura) a rigid belt-like nanocarbon called [6]MCPP, topped up with boiled ...

A “bone collector” attacks another native moth caterpillar ... researchers note that they never observed any spider-gnawed larvae or any wrapped in spider silk. In addition, caterpillars ...

Caterpillar rash, or lepidopterism, occurs when people develop a response to contact with either butterflies or moths in their larval form, or caterpillars. This usually appears as a rash on the ...

A "bone collector" caterpillar sits in a cobweb with a spider and its egg sac. The newly discovered moth species disguises itself as a larva by covering itself with insect parts. Daniel Rubinoff ...

Bone collector larva in web. If you're enjoying this article ... eggs in a spiderweb’s nooks and crannies. A newly hatched caterpillar then collects bones to “camouflage itself from the ...

Before we get to the protagonist of this column, a quick note on caterpillar abundance. Suffice to say, caterpillars are everywhere. Caterpillars are the larvae of butterflies and moths ...