Some haemocytes can envelop and destroy tiny microbial parasites that invade the insect's body ... Scientists think that by deliberately eating plants laced with toxic alkaloids, the caterpillars ...

One of the goliaths of the insect world, the atlas moth is a gentle giant ... the cocoon to sustain the moth when it is reborn. In the wild, atlas moth caterpillars eat the leaves of cinnamon, citrus ...