Macro of a hickory tussock caterpillar. It is mostly gray with mostly white hairs stuck out from its body, giving it a fuzzy appearance. There are two distinct black tufts, on toward the from, and one ...

You wouldn't wanna hug a rose bush. The rose flowers are drop-dead-gorgeous but, oh, my, those very pointy rose thorns most definitely fall into the "hands off" category. Kind of along the same lines ...

A strikingly green caterpillar about as long as my little finger was attached to a sprig of oak leaves in our yard. Knowing the caterpillar with spikes on its back was the larvae of an Io silkworm ...

Chances are you have seen furry caterpillars on trees, the sidewalk, hand rails and anywhere else they are able to climb. Do not touch them. As the weather warms up in South Texas, spring foliage ...

Io and rosy maple moths are a bit smaller than the larger members of this group, but what they lack in size, they make up for in color. Io moths are yellow with huge eyespots and red stripes on the ...

HOUSTON – Texans are prepared for a warm summer ahead, but mosquitoes won’t be the only pests invading patios and backyards this year. Enter the stinging caterpillar. Recommended Videos They may look ...

Let’s celebrate moths during National Moth Week. We’re not talking pesky pantry moths, but rather those exquisite nocturnal critters that fly around our porch lights. Why do moths fly around street ...

Ohio’s moth fauna is incredibly diverse. At least 2,000 species have been documented, and scores of others await discovery. I once heard an expert on “micro-moths” say that if we could find all of ...