The monarch butterfly is a beautiful and colorful creature, but it takes a while to reach that part of its adult life.

These two caterpillars perfectly illustrate my sometimes conflicted reaction to the insects that eat my plants - a tiger swallowtail caterpillar and some yellow-necked caterpillars (Datana ministra).

They can be red, yellow, green, white, cream, and more. The zebra longwing butterfly lays yellow eggs in clusters at the end of passionvines , her host plant. Monarch butterflies lay their eggs on ...

For many of us in the High Country, seeing beautiful butterflies fluttering through the air, or sitting on flowers, is a ...

8 Spectacular Caterpillars That Look Like Snakes. ... this fearsome—well, maybe more cute than scary—caterpillar is green with tiny yellow dots and a reddish band on both sides.

PHOENIX - Thousands of fuzzy yellow caterpillars are creeping across the Phoenix metropolitan area, crossing roads, falling into pools and getting into homes. Some may think they're cute or creepy ...

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5)-- Some people think they’re cute. Some people think they’re creepy. But there’s no doubt that caterpillars are crawling across the Valley right now. They’ve been ...

State officials have announced the discovery of a rare frosted elfin caterpillar in Western Massachusetts, suggesting decades of painstaking work to protect the butterfly species in the area have ...