Stinging caterpillars actually aren’t stinging you and injecting venom, like a wasp would," says Eric Benson, PhD, professor ...

As they cling to leaf tips, newborn warty birch caterpillars produce vibrations that can ward off invaders approaching their ...

They are attached to the part of their body nearest their head. Caterpillars have additional stumpy body parts called prolegs towards the back of their body that help them move around. They use them ...

"We found insect and plant CHCs to be quite different from each other. In caterpillars, they signal food for ants. The ...

The caterpillars of these butterflies develop special glands that secrete a nectar-like substance to attract ants. The ants swarm all over the caterpillars, drinking the secretion. The ants "milk" ...