Earth is home to over 20,000 caterpillar species, found in every corner of the globe except Antarctica. While most are ...

Age is just a number, or is it? A new study by UTEP researchers shows that adult moths are more vulnerable to attack than ...

The white-marked tussock moth caterpillar, common in eastern North America, has spiky hairs that can cause skin irritation ...

Charles LaCalle, a resident of Santa Fe’s South Capitol neighborhood, labored hard hoping to rescue the fir tree in his front yard from an aggressive outbreak of the Douglas-fir tussock moth ...

The Peppered Moth, Biston betularia, is a relatively common, although declining, night-flying moth found in varying numbers ...

Less severe allergic reactions can occur with other hairy caterpillars including the brown-tail hair moth caterpillars, which are more commonly found in hedgerows such as hawthorn and bramble. How to ...

The moths are still in their caterpillar stage and are so numerous at the park that camping there would apparently be a squishy, nightmarish experience. The park closed Monday and will remain closed ...

The lepidopteran velvet bean caterpillar moths (Anticarsia gemmatalis) and the dipteran common houseflies (Musca domestica) were studied by Nelson and Peterson (1982) in the same experiment with ...