Earth is home to over 20,000 caterpillar species, found in every corner of the globe except Antarctica. While most are ...

What you see here is the amazing caterpillar of Saturniidae moth. The family Saturniidae includes the largest species of ...

The giant leopard moth caterpillar has black spikes (which some have described as hairy, fuzzy, spiky, furry or even woolly). It has red or orange bands around its body, ...

Polyphemus moths overwinter in their silken cocoons, the adult moths emerging in late spring and early summer. Adults don’t eat, they don’t have mouths (which is weird to think about).

In all cases, they're the caterpillars of either giant silk moth — five species of which occur in the Poconos — or sphinx moths ("hornworms"). These two groups are the only Lepidoptera ...

Giant Moth with 'Baby Xenomorph' Skull Face Horrifies the Internet. Published Oct 28, 2022 at 7:00 AM EDT Updated Oct 28, ... A side view of a southern pink underwing moth caterpillar.

This caterpillar is probably the larvae of a giant Imperial moth (Eacles imperialis). They are often seen in late summer, and it’s common for them to reach up to 4 inches long before they pupate ...

The mockingbird tipped me to watch the roads more closely. I ended up seeing dozens of woolly-bears, and many giant leopard moth caterpillars (Hypercompe scribonia), which look similar.

Giant Wood Moth's caterpillars are also known as witchetty grubs in Australia, and are famous part of Aboriginal bush tucker. Of course Mothra is Australian. Credit: Mount Cotton State School.