The Hawaiian caterpillar collects and wears dead bug parts—and its gruesome habits might be key to its survival.

Established in 2014, the Web site (https://twmoth.tbri.gov.tw/) is maintained and operated by the center and has about ...

Nicknamed the “bone collector,” this newly confirmed caterpillar in Hawaii secretly scrounges off a spider landlord by ...

David Cheng, a researcher at the University of Florida's Department of Entomology and Nematology, said that while he can't ...

Adorned in their macabre attire, the caterpillars can safely navigate spiderwebs undetected. They use their camouflage to ...

All the Macro-Lepidoptera are figured ... but nothing is said about localities or comparative rarity. Notices of the larvae are limited to those of the butterflies; English as well as Latin ...

They’re not as pretty as butterflies but moths and syrphid flies are also important pollinators; the flies will also go after pests.

While the majority of known Lepidoptera species are herbivores ... ignoring other natural pieces that were available. Sometimes, the larvae would chew these body parts into more desirable sizes.

A new butterfly species, Satyrium curiosolus, has been discovered in Alberta. Isolated for millennia, it shows unique traits ...

In today's Budding Wisdom, Heidi Skinner writes about the two kinds of bugs: "the ones we love and the ones we loathe" and ...