Naturalists with The Caterpillar Lab in Swanzey, New Hampshire, found an unknown caterpillar on an unlikely host plant in an unassuming location.

This curious and colorful space invites visitors to delve into the hidden and often mind-boggling world of caterpillars.

Curious children and adults alike gathered in the Hunnewell Lecture Hall at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University Oct. 6 for an educational event hosted by The Caterpillar Lab, which showcased hundreds of caterpillars, cocoons and their native host plants.

A photographer reveals the astonishing ways these masters of metamorphosis can fool their predators and us.

Sam Jaffe ’07 and his Caterpillar Lab

Head to the Monadnock Region to learn about some of nature's most fascinating creatures

Samuel Jaffe and his digital camera have entered an insect world where things are not what they first appear

In a small room on the third floor of a downtown Keene building, there’s a world of creepy-crawlies that boggles the mind and inspires wonder.

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This is the caterpillar lab.