No, they are not “army worms.” Those conspicuous white masses of webby material that are seen in the forks of branches of trees are created by the eastern tent caterpillar. Populations of this ...

Caterpillars happily eat wild cherry, tulip tree, cottonwood, sweetbay, willow and white ash. Grow these butterfly host plants to attract pollinators. Eastern swallowtail caterpillars are green ...

These caterpillars belong to the family ... movement and typically infest a variety of deciduous trees, including oak, maple, ...

In the wild, atlas moth caterpillars eat the leaves of cinnamon, citrus fruit, guava and Jamaican cherry trees. In the butterfly house, they are fed on privet from the Museum Wildlife Garden. Luke ...