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What you can do about yellownecked caterpillars: if you have an oak tree suffering an infestation, consider dusting the ...
Tomato hornworms are a highly destructive pest of tomato plants, but they have predators you can encourage in your garden.
Did you know that caterpillars come from butterfly eggs? See pictures of butterflies laying eggs on their host plants.
The invasive spongy moth and its caterpillars can decimate a garden. Here’s how to fight back. By Margaret Roach Until this year, the only spongy moths I had encountered were the winged adults ...
In late May, one of my daughters came inside with a small caterpillar. She asked if she could keep it for a pet. This is a routine question from the child. I asked where she found it, thinking she ...
They lay small, elongated eggs — whitish or yellowish in color — under the leaves of brassicas. The eggs eventually hatch and become the green caterpillars you’re finding on your kale.
Cankerworms are slinking once again on Charlotte’s trees, feasting on leaves and plopping into the hair of unsuspecting walkers and joggers.
Tent caterpillars lay their eggs on the undersides of tree leaves. Tent caterpillars form webs from their fecal matter, creating the tent-like structure that gives them their name.