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The white silk nests that are often destroyed by people are actually an important factor in the life of the eastern tent ...
Minnesota Department of Agriculture is planning about half of its spongy moth treatments in Carlton County this summer.
Several types of tussock moth caterpillars are native to North America. In South Carolina, however, the ones found here in the Lowcountry are called white-marked tussock moths (Orgyia leucostigma).
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 ...
The Mosura fentoni, or "sea moth," is a newly-discovered type of arthropod that would have lived in the deep sea more than 500 million years ago.
Insecticide targeting a destructive caterpillar is set to be sprayed this spring on 16 State Game Lands across Pennsylvania. “Oaks are the main target of spongy moths, and they also provide the ...
BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - There is good and bad news when it comes to browntail moth caterpillars in the area. The good news is that a naturally occurring fungus wiped out a large portion of ...
"They're spring moths," Rubinoff said. "We start finding the caterpillars in February ... These 2 ticks can make you very sick. North America faces a sprawling 'pollinator crisis,' study says ...
Aki Nace has been a web producer for CBS Minnesota since 2019. She covers breaking news and makes short-form documentary films. Residents of Grand Rapids, Coon Rapids and Winona will not be able ...
Caterpillars that survive to become moths are preyed on heavily by bats ... Black-billed and yellow-billed cuckoos winter in the jungles of South America, as does the red-eyed vireo.