Caterpillars: a growth explosion in the life of butterflies and moths
June 30, 2023
and moths are fairly harmless insects, but their caterpillars can do a lot of damage and have a voracious appetite. Although caterpillars are only one link [...] egg to caterpillar A small caterpillar hatches from the egg. Caterpillars are insatiable and eat almost continuously, except when they shed their skin. [...] hours, after which the butterfly can fly away into the big, wide world. There are biological methods to effectively fight caterpillars, such as nematodes .