Here's what you might not know about what's inside a caterpillar's "cocoon." Contrary to popular belief, this is not a cocoon. Only certain moths build cocoons, which are like a silky sleeping bag ...

A cecropia moth is hard to miss in the garden. Learn facts about one of the largest and most beautiful moths in America.

The caterpillar, along with most others in the Saturniidae family, spins a silk cocoon. This is where it then spends its time as a pupa, the stage of development before the moth becomes an adult.

The pressure is on the caterpillars to consume enough food before going into the cocoon to sustain the moth when it is reborn. In the wild, atlas moth caterpillars eat the leaves of cinnamon, citrus ...

This is a puss moth caterpillar in the later stages of development ... gorge themselves on leaves until winter arrives, and then form a tough cocoon, in which they will stay as a pupa all winter ...

Native American tribes in the American southwest dry the cocoons of these caterpillars ... Biology in the background These moths live in the American Southwest and Central America. The caterpillars ...

It's not a butterfly — it's a moth! Learn how to identify the promethea silk moth, a beautifully patterned backyard visitor.

A team of researchers at the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture (TIA) are using 2500 wasps imported from Chile as their ...