THE CATERPILLAR LAB

(Warning: watching this video may cause uncomfortable squirminess and spine-tingling shivers) To balance out our latest video post of a...

Camouflaged Looper, Synchlora aerata, plays dress up and then has a snack at a Caterpillar Lab show. Made this little film from one of...

A Menagerie of Slug Caterpillars at The Caterpillar Lab. These backyard gems look as if they would be more at home in some exotic...

A cecropia giant silk moth caterpillar sheds its skin and becomes a living, wiggling, pupa. Comment about a time that you witnessed this...

Well, this is one way to collect a complete set of trading cards... make them ourselves! Very excited looking over our first proof of all...

COMMENT CHALLENGE: Many will know the Eastern Tent Caterpillar as a pesky, hungry, scourge of backyard cherry and apple trees. But there...

Pygmy Leafminer, Stigmella quercipulchella, eating its way through a late season oak leaf and then emerging at The Caterpillar Lab. Time...

At many of our outreach events we run a cocoon-opening activity, where we carefully explore the structure and function of a cecropia moth...

Cecropia Giant Silk Moth caterpillars sheds its skin at The Caterpillar Lab. Time for a trip down memory lane. I will be posting the best...