The caterpillars eat constantly. They're fed mulberry leaves ... It's also easily dyed and doesn't cause skin irritation. So what do you think? Is silk worth the cost? More from So Expensive ...

Butterflies and moths look alike and are in the same family, Lepidoptera. Their life cycles start with eggs that hatch to ...

Adult atlas moths may be massive, but they do not feed at all after they have emerged from ... In the wild, atlas moth caterpillars eat the leaves of cinnamon, citrus fruit, guava and Jamaican cherry ...

which can inadvertently ingest venomous caterpillars when the larvae end up in the hay the ungulates eat, Battisti says. He adds that horse-caterpillar encounters have resulted in a costly ...