Science writer Mindy Weisberger speaks to Live Science about the parasites that turn their hosts — whether ant, beetle or ...

The larvae feed on the foliage, and increase the size of the web. Mature caterpillars wander away from the “tent” after four to six weeks to search out a location to spin a cocoon, typically in the ...

The gregarious caterpillars leave the tent only to feed. In six or seven weeks, they are fully grown and migrate to find a suitable place to spin their cocoons. Each larva spins a double layered ...

You’ll find the caterpillars in late summer; they spin cocoons and overwinter in sheltered places. Be careful handling the caterpillars and their cocoons, because they have stiff hairs that can ...

It's because mid-April is the time the caterpillars reach maturity and start wandering around in search of the perfect place to spin their cocoons, according to scientists at the University of ...

That's the silk. The silkworms spin this filament into a cocoon. Then the caterpillar begins its transformation. Except, this is when silk producers butt in. The cocoons are steamed. This cleans ...

From these eggs will hatch tiny silkworms, caterpillars of the domesticated silk moth Bombyx mori, which will then set to chomping down on mulberry leaves and preparing themselves for the demanding ...