But word of caution, you might want to keep your hands to yourself. These hairy caterpillars, also called urticating ...

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

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

This Hawaiian caterpillar raids spiderwebs camouflaged in insect prey’s body parts, and it's not above cannibalism in a pinch. Credit: Rubinoff lab/University of Hawaii, Manoa. We think of moths ...

This new caterpillar species from Oʻahu hunts insects and decorates itself with their body parts. Yes, it’s real—and it’s ...

When Entomophaga grylli infects locusts or grasshoppers, they climb to the tops of plants before their death. The zombie-ant ...

This carnivorous creature belongs to the Hyposmocoma genus and has earned the nickname “bone collector” for its eerie ...

FLORA LICHTMAN: –the insect world. DAN RUBINOFF: Yeah. Except the blanket is silk, but yeah. FLORA LICHTMAN: Yeah, so describe what it looks like, this caterpillar. DAN RUBINOFF: Well, one of the ...

This caterpillar means business, and even Rubinoff admits it’s a little icky. “It’s gross at one level, but it’s also kind of adorable,” he told National Geographic . “They’re ...

Residents at a communal home staged a colourful mass release of butterflies which they bred from caterpillar and chrysalis, ...

It may seem like a scene from "North by Northwest," but the crop dusters flying low over Ohio trees are treating for an ...

How to identify and treat a caterpillar sting. A caterpillar sting or rash (lepidopterism) produces symptoms including red, raised spots along with pain, itching and, in the case of the OPM, even ...