In a prairie full of wildflowers, Erica Henry got down on all fours, then ducked under a low mesh tent, one of 10 homemade ...

“They have smaller flowers so butterflies with tiny proboscides can reach the nectar,” she said. “Butterfly bush (Buddleja) ...

Caterpillar hosted a two-day event at the Edwards Demonstration and Learning Center, where customers and potential customers ...

As a long time resident of this beautiful peninsula – now in my 35th year of walking its cedar-scented forests and listening ...

As I take my daily walk I stop to observe what caterpillars are munching away on my plants and try to identify the ...

A government-funded campaign has begun spraying insecticides and biological agents on 240,000 acres of Maine's North Woods infested with spruce budworm, a voracious forest pest that killed millions of ...

While not toxic to people or most animals, pesticides to protect spruce and fir trees against budworm could also hurt the ...

OPM caterpillars are active from late March to early August, but their activity peaks in summer months as they form nests and trails on oak trees, especially in parks and woodland. Dogs are at risk if ...

The parasitic fungus sometimes called ‘Himalayan gold’ can provide a good living to villagers who collect it. But rugged ...

Learn about the brown tail moth caterpillar and its impact on New England, especially the rashes caused by their toxic hairs ...

Butterflies are fragile and vulnerable to predation by all kinds of critters, from birds and reptiles to spiders and other ...