Since my encounter with that green caterpillar, I did some reading on these special summer visitors. The luna moth is one of our more recognizable moths due to its larger size and beautiful pale green ...

What you can do about yellownecked caterpillars: if you have an oak tree suffering an infestation, consider dusting the ...

This week’s featured creature is a majestic, night dwelling moth of the forest with a fleeting adult lifespan. Actias luna, the luna moth, is one of the most visually stunning moths in North ...

The Luna moth represents rebirth, transformation, ... As caterpillars, they are lime-green, which foreshadows their stunning adult appearance. When they emerge as adults, ...

The caterpillars (and the adult moths) are very similar in appearance — 2¼ inches long, pale green with four long, bright red knobs on top of the head, and a yellow knob above its tail end.

Diet: Luna moth caterpillars prefer the foliage of hickory, walnut, sweet-gum, persimmon and birch trees. During their adult stage, luna moths do not eat. They can’t – they have no mouth parts.

Luna moth caterpillars pass through five instars, each lasting five to seven days before they are ready to spin a cocoon. By this point they have grown to a length of almost two inches.

The gorgeous lime-green luna with its dapper tails is the climax stage of a four-part life cycle. It starts life as a tiny egg, which hatches a caterpillar about 10 days later.

The best kind of green thumb…a perch for a Luna Moth. Light pollution is another big detriment to these and many night-active insects (like fireflies).

The celadon-green luna moth has no mouth parts and does not feed. Advertisement. A male moth can smell a female moth from miles away. In other parts of the world, moth caterpillars are food.

DEAR JOAN: We found this dead caterpillar in our driveway. It sure looks like a luna moth, but I was always under the impression that luna moths were found in the East Coast rather than west of ...