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The woolly bear caterpillar has been the center of an old wives tale for predicting the weather for centuries. According to the Old Farmers Almanac, the larvae of the Isabella tiger moth ...

Browntail moth caterpillars shed tiny, toxic hairs that can get stirred up during outdoor activities such as raking, mowing, and typical fall yard work. Those hairs can cause a skin rash similar ...

Finally, after many years, and multiple molts, the caterpillars emerge from their winter sleep and spin a cocoon, from which they emerge only a few weeks later as orange tiger moths, beautiful ...

What could they be? A: It sounds like you have bagworms (Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis), which are the caterpillars of a native moth. These caterpillars are called bagworms because they wrap ...

Most Mainers are well versed in the pesky browntail moth caterpillars that shed tiny toxic hairs, but take note. Exposure can occur during outdoor fall activities. According to a news release from the ...

Why did the woolly worm cross the road? Maybe it was to set up a joke about a road-traversing chicken. Wooly bear caterpillars (aka woolly worms) are commonly seen crossing ...

All hail the woolly worm, harbinger of winter. All hail the woolly worm, harbinger of winter.The annual migration of the wooly worm caterpillar has begun, a sure sign that autumn is upon us.Also ...

A photographer accidentally brought a new type of moth to the UK in her suitcase. The moth had travelled thousands of miles from South America. Scientists were surprised to find it in Wales.