Dance like your lives depend on it!
White-marked tussock, Orgyia leucostigma, caterpillars are a crowd favorite, and even years into rearing them, breeding them, and...
CATERPILLAR OF THE WEEK PART II: Sicya macularia - Beautiful Pupa
If you thought our Sicya macularia caterpillar was beautiful, then check out their pupa! During open hours last week, myself and three...
CATERPILLAR OF THE WEEK: Sicya macularia - the Sharp-lined Yellow
Many caterpillars physically mimic their surroundings to avoid detection from birds, and our new CATERPILLAR OF THE WEEK, Sicya macularia...
Cecropia Caterpillar Spins its Cocoon
Last night we made our first attempt to capture a time-lapse of our largest native caterpillar here in New Hampshire spinning its...
CATERPILLAR OF THE WEEK PART II: Pistol Casebearer (Coleophora species)
Our pistol casebearers (Coleophora species) are more than just a pretty shell. Most of the time they appear as an unmoving growth on a...
CATERPILLAR OF THE WEEK: Pistol Casebearer (Coleophora species)
There is so much to see if we only bother to look. This week's COTW is the Pistol Casebearer (Coleophora species), a creature that we...
CATERPILLAR OF THE WEEK: PART II - CTENUCHA SPINES
Our Virginia Ctenucha may look soft from afar, but as you can see from the photo, that fuzzy appearance is put into perspective with a...
CATERPILLAR OF THE WEEK: VIRGINIA CTENUCHA (Teh-Noo-Cha)
Welcome back for another edition of COTW! This week we will set our sights on the Virgnia Ctenucha (Ctenucha virginica) in the Tiger &...
Hatching Buck Moth Caterpillars!
Yesterday during open hours at The Caterpillar Lab one of our overwintered New England Buck Moth (Hemileuca lucina) egg masses began to...
Today at The Caterpillar Lab....
Today at The Caterpillar Lab Orgyia tussock caterpillars hatched and wandered across the tattered remains of their own mother's life...
