Parasitoid larvae that feed within caterpillars that eat cabbage plants influence the plant via the caterpillar, making the cabbage plant an unattractive prospect for moths looking for a spot to lay ...

Sidney Stevens is a writer and editor for magazines, websites, and books, with a focus on health and environmental issues. At first glance, these stunning green caterpillars resemble small snakes or ...

Caterpillars of various types are common pests in vegetable gardens, flower beds, trees, shrubs and even lawns all through summer. I’ve been getting an unusually large number of questions about ...

Digger wasps make a short burrow for each egg, stocking it with food and returning a few days later to provide more. A new study reveals that mother wasps can remember the locations of up to nine ...

The time is right for horse farms to implement control strategies. University of Kentucky experts report that eastern tent caterpillars and forest tent caterpillars are developing normally this spring ...

Caterpillars of various types are common pests in vegetable gardens, flower beds, trees, shrubs and even lawns all through summer. I’ve been getting an unusually large number of questions about ...

Visitors to a seaside town are being warded to "steer clear" of rash-causing caterpillars. Whilst nature-lovers and curious children may be tempted to pick up brown-tail moth caterpillars if they see ...

Does a Parsley Caterpillar Become a Butterfly? Yes! The caterpillar most frequently found on parsley, dill, fennel, and related plants are the larval forms of the black swallowtail (Papilio polyxenes) ...

Bodyguards have a tough and risky job but they usually get paid for their trouble. But not the caterpillar of the geometer moth. Against its will, it is recruited to defend the developing young of a ...

Michael F. Braby is Chief Editor of Austral Entomology, and has been researching butterflies for 30 years. This is an article from Curious Kids, a series for children. The Conversation is asking kids ...