found that increased salt content in tomato plants reduces fruitworm larvae—or caterpillar—feeding and limits the number of eggs that moths lay on these plants. However, the researchers also ...

These caterpillars are huge, and so are the moths that they grow into! A common feature of this species is the way it tends ...

As Eric Carle once wrote, there was a “very hungry caterpillar ... While some, like the tomato hornworm, can cause damage, their overall impact on plants is usually minimal, especially ...

You may not believe it, but this is the Fayette County Farmers Market’s 25th anniversary. Representatives of the Chamber of ...

Even though so many of us have experienced snow recently, we are also experiencing daffodils. And while, yes, some of us have already experienced the odd tick or mosquito, for the most part we are ...

The tomato hornworm is a very large caterpillar that can defoliate your tomato plants and even eat the green fruit. They become a sphinx or hawk moth. Photo: Alice Cason As Eric Carle once wrote, ...

Root knot nematode from UC ANR Nematodes are microscopic round worms that are present in the soil and feed on the roots of plants. Affected tomato plants may have reduced growth, lack vigor and wilt.

One day Nikolavna the Caterpillar decided to change her ... “It was only tomato sauce!” Nina’s Defense Hussein the Sparrow got very interested in Nina the Moth and started waiting for her after work, ...

What lives off the Northwest coasts of Spain and shrinks to one-fifth of its size when alarmed? Enter the accordion worm.

The species, dubbed the "bone collector," belongs to an ancient lineage of moths older than the Hawaiian island of Oahu, ...