And like a clump of grass, the milkweed tussock caterpillar has orange "tussocks" that extend down the length of its body, meeting over the midline and thick black, orange and white tufts around ...

Monarch caterpillars eat milkweed, black swallowtail caterpillars eat plants in the parsley family, ... or shaped like little grains of rice. They can be red, yellow, green, white, cream, and more.

Monarch Butterfly Caterpillar . Lynda / Flickr / CC BY 2.0. ... black-, and white-winged beauties that are so beloved. ... narrow wings adorned with black and pale yellow stripes. ...

Monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) are perhaps one of the most well-known insects in North America. They are easily recognizable by their bright orange wings with black veins and their jet-black ...

As caterpillars, Monarchs are striped with yellow, black and white bands. Monarch caterpillars have a set of antennae-like tentacles at each end of their body. They reach about two inches in ...

Without intending to, we have also encouraged a different, I think equally charismatic, caterpillar — the milkweed tussock moth (aka milkweed tiger moth because of the black, orange and white ...

Generations have watched in wonder as yellow-and-black striped caterpillars fold into green-and-gold chrysalises and emerge as large orange-and-black butterflies. Monarch's multigenerational migration ...

A monarch caterpillar munches on Mexican milkweed. I did not need a crisis on Christmas Eve. I was at work all day, and I still had wrapping and cooking to do. So, as my life goes, a crisis ...

Meanwhile, the caterpillars with the jaunty yellow and black stripes were still chewing away on the potted milkweed in the back of my car. When I opened the hatchback, they froze.