You will come across many caterpillars in your garden. Knowing a little about the species and their feeding habits will help you make good decisions about whether to try to control or simply tolerate ...

Caterpillars are the most common garden insects. Some are completely harmless, while others can damage crops or deliver painful stings. While you can safely leave most caterpillars alone, some will ...

This guide to green caterpillars helps you easily identify the green caterpillar you've found in your yard or garden. While it's nearly impossible to include every green caterpillar species out there, ...

Two species of tent caterpillars are important tree pests in New York State. About every decade they become numerous enough in local outbreaks to cause concern. At times the epidemics reach statewide ...

There are several caterpillar species whose populations tend to peak about this time of year. While some, such as Monarchs, are celebrated and others are oohed and ahhed over like the silk worms, ...

Eastern tent caterpillars are a native species that create noticeable silken nests in trees, primarily black cherry trees. While they may cause temporary defoliation, they do not kill trees and serve ...

A hidden army reaches a crescendo about this time of year. Its tubular soldiers are largely out of sight and mind, but wage battle with vegetation on an epic scale. Mostly emerging under cover of ...

Top left is Hickory tussock caterpillar, top right is Spiny oak slug caterpillar, bottom left is Puss caterpillar and bottom right is Saddleback caterpillar (Jerry A Payne, Wizzie Brown, John Ghent, ...

Cindy Burkhardt Maynard had been watching a sphinx moth caterpillar in her garden for several days, but then, it disappeared. Soon after, she saw another trundling across a dirt road on Rabbit ...