Here's what you might not know about what's inside a caterpillar's "cocoon." Contrary to popular belief, this is not a cocoon. Only certain moths build cocoons, which are like a silky sleeping bag ...

Moth caterpillars build their cocoons out of silk. Most of them will leave it at that, but others upgrade their temporary homes by camouflaging them or adding defensive measures. The caterpillars ...

A new caterpillar has been discovered with the unique ability to make its cocoon out of flakes of dried resin - a sticky substance exuded from trees that hardens over time. The research team ...

Nora (Lena Urzendowsky), the teenage protagonist of the German bildungsroman “Cocoon” is interested in butterflies, even keeping caterpillars in her bedroom. Like them, everything about Nora ...

Finally, though they may be difficult to remove, the university recommends walking around the property with tweezers or something similar and plucking the caterpillars' cocoons off by slipping the ...

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 ...