Reddit users were puzzled after trying to identify a caterpillar dotted with tiny tube-like structures. The confusion ...

TOPEKA (KSNT) – Spotted a fuzzy-looking caterpillar lately? A Kansas insect expert says you might want to leave it alone as it could be packing a painful surprise. 27 News spoke with Kansas State ...

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 and ...

It looks like an ordinary fuzzy caterpillar resting on the trunk of a tree. But don’t let its harmless appearance fool you.

The newly described “bone collector” caterpillar species disguises itself with the body parts of dead insects so that it can live among spiders and poach their prey. This is the only caterpillar known ...

Most caterpillars spend their days chewing leaves and preparing for the long transformation into butterflies or moths. That peaceful image falls apart when you meet the creature scientists now call ...