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Nicknamed the “bone collector,” this newly confirmed caterpillar in Hawaii secretly scrounges off a spider landlord by ...
Caddisflies are aquatic insects that are related to moths. Adults have four wings that ... Caddis have a four-stage life cycle: eggs to larva to pupa to adult. Many caddis larvae produce ...
Newly described bone collector caterpillars build a silken case around their bodies and adorn it with dead insect body parts ...
The invasive spongy moth, a destroyer of northeastern forests, has a natural foe in a Japanese fungus that needs certain weather conditions to activate.
Samples of female spongy moths and larvae — part of a hundred year old collection at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station in New Haven. The female moths have wings but are flightless.
Learn what an American dagger moth and caterpillar looks like. Also find out which host plants these moths need.
Seeing any insect scuttle around your home is cause for concern, but when it’s a bug that bites, all bets are off. Of course, ...
Imagine peering into a still pond at dusk, the surface glassy and undisturbed—except for a few tiny, wriggling creatures ...