On a single mountain range on the Hawaiian island of Oʻahu, scientists have identified a species of carnivorous caterpillar with a macabre lifestyle: it lives in cobwebs and feasts on weakened or ...

Carea angulata is a moth species commonly known as the Angulated Moth.... Royalty-free licenses let you pay once to use copyrighted images and video clips in personal and commercial projects on an ...

Or, more likely, there’s a bone collector in your midst. A newly discovered moth species spends its caterpillar days squatting in spiderwebs, fastidiously camouflaging itself in the cast-off ...

A newly described species from Hawaiʻi hides itself with carcasses to avoid getting eaten by spiders. Newly described bone collector caterpillars build a silken case around their bodies and adorn ...

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That same year, a Nebraska-based family recounted finding Indian Meal Moth caterpillar larvae in their desserts to WOWT. The Daily Mail Australia reported on maggots found inside another customer ...

Beyond the beetle, the trees suffered an increase in defoliation, or the loss of needles or leaves, from insects such as caterpillars of the Douglas-fir tussock moth, which defoliated 18,000 acres ...

Native insects proved to be the primary cause of tree damage. These include the caterpillars of the Douglas-fir tussock moth, which defoliated 18,000 acres within mixed conifer forests, a significant ...