When Entomophaga grylli infects locusts or grasshoppers, they climb to the tops of plants before their death. The zombie-ant ...

According to the zoo, “Early blue violets are the main food source for the silverspot caterpillars as they mature into adult ...

Normally seen alone or in pairs, this tiny orange and brown butterfly thrives during warm, dry summers but is in long-term ...

The number of common blue butterflies counted in 2024 was 69% lower than in 2023, with numbers down in England, Scotland and ...

The California Academy of Sciences is leading an effort to bring back the Xerces blue butterfly, which went extinct around ...

In Vermont, researchers have investigated the types of creepy, crawly bugs that their avian predators consume and may have ...

The insects are shipped to the Hilbert Conservatory as chrysalis, the transitional pupa stage of a butterfly’s life cycle. A chrysalis is formed when a caterpillar reaches maturity.

Zebra Swallowtail Diet. ... If you want to raise a caterpillar into a butterfly, then one of the best ways to gather caterpillars safely is by laying a white sheet below their host plant.

Gregory Bull/AP, File FILE – This Aug. 19, 2015, file photo, shows a monarch butterfly in Vista, Calif. The number of western monarch butterflies wintering along the California coast has ...

In contrast, others like zebra longwing, gulf fritillary, and variegated fritillary, will trust their tear-shaped foliage to see their caterpillars through pupation, especially in Florida and Texas, ...

These newly discovered rare caterpillars eat each other and cover themselves with bones Scientists in Hawaii have discovered a new, extremely rare species: carnivorous, bone-collecting ...