With help from the community, an invasive caterpillar was captured on Kauaʻi.

The caterpillar has a voracious appetite and threatens mamaki plants and other native species.

Cindy Burkhardt had been watching a sphinx moth caterpillar in her garden for several days, but then it disappeared. Soon thereafter, she saw another trundling across a dirt road on Rabbit Mountain.

HONOLULU — The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) announced on Thursday the “collection of a single live ramie ...

March through May marks not only the beginning of spring, but also the start of a more bothersome season for many residents: the stinging caterpillar. “The buck moths favorite spot is in oak trees, ...

A community report to the Kauaʻi Invasive Species Committee last month led to the collection of a single live ramie moth ( Arcte coerula) caterpillar, the first detection of the invasive pest on ...

The first ramie moth caterpillar has been detected on Kauai, posing a threat to native plants and species. Community ...

Chances are you have seen furry caterpillars on trees, the sidewalk, hand rails and anywhere else they are able to climb. Do not touch them. As the weather warms up in South Texas, spring foliage ...

Buck moth caterpillars have made their annual spring invasion in Louisiana. Across New Orleans, residents have reported the familiar, spiny creature crowding sidewalks, falling from tree branches and ...

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In my Gum trees I have a good colony of Aussie Silk Moths, aka gum emperor moth caterpillars – they live and feed on gum ...