TOPEKA (KSNT) – Spotted a fuzzy-looking caterpillar lately? A Kansas insect expert says you might want to leave it alone as it could be packing a painful surprise. 27 News spoke with Kansas State ...

Every autumn, the same image circulates around social media, claiming that the pattern of a woolly bear caterpillar can ...

This Hawaiian caterpillar raids spiderwebs camouflaged in insect prey’s body parts, and it’s not above cannibalism in a pinch. Credit: Rubinoff lab/University of Hawaii, Manoa. We think of moths and ...

A rare Hyposmocoma caterpillar, nicknamed the "bone collector," discovered in Oʻahu, Hawaii, uses dead insect parts to disguise itself on spider webs The newly identified species is carnivorous and ...

A newly discovered carnivorous caterpillar that wears the remains of its prey has been dubbed the "bone collector." The odd insect is only found on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, the AP reports. It ...

The insects have spiky hairs that can cause irritation to the skin Arterra/Universal Images Group via Getty Floridians are trying to readjust to some hairy new friends — but they won't be around for ...

A 10-year-old Japanese student, Jo Nagai, is investigating whether butterflies retain memories from their caterpillar stage ...

Existing only within six square miles on the island of Oʻahu, scientists say it may be one of the strangest and most threatened species ever found Rubinoff lab, Entomology Section, University of ...