Closer to hatching, caterpillars are darker. Eggs are pale green, found on the tips of young leaves. Learn how to identify a zebra longwing butterfly. This species typically inhabits wide open ...

Scientists in Hawaii have discovered a new, extremely rare species: carnivorous, bone-collecting caterpillars, that live in ...

Without many means of defence, butterflies, moths and their caterpillars often resort to disguise to fool predators and stay alive. The green caterpillars of Hebomoia glaucippe masquerade as vine ...

Swallowtail caterpillars are green once they grow large Kerry Calloway, who helps manage the tropical butterfly house, says, 'When they are resting on top of a green leaf, they look just like bird ...

Edward A. Steinhaus and Clarence G. Thompson of the University of California told how they have waged successful biological warfare against green caterpillars (Colias philodice eurytheme ...