Print; By Susan Milius. May 22, ... shows that plants under attack can waft out scents that attract help, such as tiny wasps that deal a lingering death to leaf-chewing caterpillars.

Leaf-rolling caterpillars aren't pests, as they are widely considered, they actually underpin tropical ecosystems as other insects use their leafy houses.

This caterpillar printer, if you can call it that, is sorta tech-related, ... Caterpillar eats message into leaf, heralded as green printer. Nicholas Deleon. 9:45 AM PDT · March 24, 2008 ...

It turns out that monarch caterpillars can be cannibals. They are very hungry , especially after the 3rd instar, so if food is scarce they will eat each other. In this case food was not scarce ...

If your concept of caterpillars is primarily based on reading Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar, a specific image likely comes to mind when you picture these many-legged insects. Not only ...

Dr. Yack’s team is the first to observe an insect defending a leaf tip, a discovery that hints at a hidden world of territorial disputes playing out on small scales. These caterpillars are kings ...

Some caterpillars take another, more deadly approach to self-defense. The giant silkworm caterpillar (below), for example, is covered in sharp bristles that any predator would soon regret touching.

Native milkweed plants — the kind good for butterflies — are coming out of dormancy and starting to sprout, so be patient. Southern California gardeners should be able to buy narrow-leaf ...

The young caterpillar scrapes the leaf surface to feed, and cuts bits of green tissue and glues it on its back. At the end of the video it sticks out its legs and flips the entire bag over to hide ...