Animals that are a vivid, primary yellow — not tawny ... the summer months. The caterpillar is a looper that feeds on hawthorn and ivy and overwinters. Swallow-tailed Moths grow less vibrant with age.

Photos of some of the most common furry caterpillars you'll find in your garden, plus which ones are likely to become pests, ...

The sunflower head moth has been the No. 1 insect pest in sunflowers for the past 20 years, he reported in results published by the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station. For the past five to six ...

Delysse Richardson was part of the Paul Hunter Centre group, and beamed as she held a handful of sunflowers: "It's so good. I love it. I love coming out in the van," she said. Her friend Devika Marsh ...

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 ...

The neon coloration of the saddleback caterpillar is a great example of aposematism. These bright colors warn other animals of the caterpillar’s venomous nature. The puss caterpillar is the larval ...

Cutworm is a term encompassing several species of caterpillar which below soil during the day and come out to feed at night on several kinds of crops, including corn and sunflower. Gavloski said he ...

(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 ...