These caterpillars are completely white and fuzzy. They have fine, white hairs along their whole body, making them look like shaggy dogs. They also have a few black spines. Their glossy head sets them apart from other white caterpillars, making them easier to identify. They’re commonly found...
Processionary caterpillars travel in long, undulating lines, one creature behind the other. Jean Hanri Fabre, the French entomologist, once lead a group of these caterpillars onto the rim of a large flowerpot so that the leader of the procession found himself nose to tail with the last caterpil...
Mushroom And Toadstool Are Unscientific Labels Both names are therefore merely unscientific labels to define different varieties of fungus. However, there is a popular consensus that while mushrooms are white-capped species that grow in fields and are safe and edible, toadstools are inedible or poison...
Should they [caterpillars] affix them to the leaves of a plant improper for their food. Stamp To walk with forcible, heavy steps. Affix To attach, unite, or connect with; as, names affixed to ideas, or ideas affixed to things; to affix a stigma to a person; to affix ridicule or blam...
What is the host plant for Woolly Bears? Reply bugman March 29, 2015 2:10 pm There are many species of Woolly Bears. These Painted Tiger Moth Caterpillars are not limited to a single food plant. According to BugGuide: “Larvae are generalists of low herbacious plants” including many spe...
During the first three to four days, the chrysalis is a little bag filled with rich fluid. The cells use the fluid to grow and form a new body. Imaginal cells are undifferentiated and they can become any type of cell. Some parts of the caterpillars' body are more or less unchanged, in...
He noted that other species of birds ignore the absence of a single egg but abandon their nests if more than one egg has been removed. It has also been noted by naturalists that a certain type of wasp always provides five — never four, never six — caterpillars for each of their eggs...
According to BugGuide:”Larvae feed under the bark (occasionally in the bark) of hickory and other hardwoods, also pine” and “Often attracted to UV lights.” Many Cerambycids are found in homes because they were inadvertently brought in with the firewood by the owner or tenant while the ...
Spinosad is a common natural insecticide that’s used to kill a wide range of cannabis pests from aphids to caterpillars to spider mites. It’s considered a broad-spectrum insecticide that is both organic and effective. However, it is not allowed for use by commercial growers in several parts...
We are not required to be thankful on Thanksgiving Day…or any other day. For much of the year many people endure constant pain – physical and emotional. Many suffer losses that dwarf our own and that thwart any effort to appreciate what good remains. I know someone who within a year ...