A cecropia moth is hard to miss in the garden. Learn facts about one of the largest and most beautiful moths in America.

A gypsy moth caterpillar crawls along partially eaten leaves of a tree in Trenton, N.J. The spongy moth caterpillar has a yellow and black head, a hairy body with pairs of blue spots, followed by ...

Iya Patarkatsishvili – the daughter of a Georgian multi-billionaire – has won a massive payout after her mansion was filled with moths (Picture: Instagram/iya_patarkatsishvili) A property ...

Browntail moth caterpillars on oak leaves at Wolfe's Neck Woods State Park in Freeport, Maine. Every other Friday, the Outside/In team here at NHPR answers listener questions about the natural world.

Some families of caterpillars (larvae of butterflies and moths) have developed a specific kind of interaction with ants. One of these families (Riodinidae) includes two species that interact ...

Know your elephant hawk moth from your painted lady butterfly. Discover more about the world of butterflies, moths and their caterpillars, and what you can do to give them a helping hand. Who's ...

These bright colors warn other animals of the caterpillar’s venomous nature. The puss caterpillar is the larval form of the southern flannel moth. Though they emerge from their eggs nearly naked, ...

In the Northeast and Upper Midwest, the moth’s devastation has resulted in the loss of large tracts of forest and numerous trees in residential landscapes. The caterpillars’ feces and extensive ...

(At least, it would happen if you didn’t read this first.) Imagine a caterpillar, the larval stage of a Himalayan moth, that burrows underground in search of roots for up to five years below ...