The snake stage occurs when what appears to be large eyes are displayed on the caterpillar’s thorax. The spicebush swallowtail turns orange or yellow just before it pupates. Found mostly in the ...

Chico Park and Natural Resources Manager Shane Romain is advising park goers to keep an eye out and avoid stepping on the ...

The white silk nests that are often destroyed by people are actually an important factor in the life of the eastern tent ...

Just beneath the soil was a glossy brown moth pupa: the origin of the mushrooms’ stalks. This is the orange caterpillar club (Cordyceps militaris), an insect-eating fungus that is easy to find — if ...

The caterpillar can grow to a little over 1 inch long and is covered in gray and orange hairs, which have venom glands at the base, according to the University of Florida's Institute of Food and ...

A single, sprawling vine may be covered with dozens of the spiny, orange caterpillars chomping away on all parts of the plant. Although maypop and other passionflowers contain bitter-tasting ...