caterpillar
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A delay of just a few days sharply lowers caterpillar survival and cuts feeding damage to the trees by about 55 percent.
From Science Daily ● May 5, 2026
After years of work with landowners by the charity Butterfly Conservation, the latest survey of silken caterpillar nests has seen huge increases.
From BBC ● Nov. 30, 2025
Trefry likened this awkward time of life to the stage in a butterfly’s development when a caterpillar disappears inside a chrysalis and dissolves into goo before reforming into something entirely new.
From Salon ● Nov. 24, 2025
If you’ve ever glimpsed a caterpillar dangling from a branch by a silk thread, they’re on their way down.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
A contemporary of Leeuwenhoek’s, Jan Swammerdam, showed that butterflies, which had been regarded as new creatures born out of the pupa, were already present within the caterpillar: their organs could be identified by dissection.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Julie was raising some caterpillars too, and she cared a lot about them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
Too much bracken inhibits the growth of the dog violet, the food source for the caterpillars.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Gareth Tilley bought a UV torch to try and find the caterpillars in May 2022.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
The breakthrough came after he learned that some US caterpillars glow under UV light.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
There, on page after page, were her beloved caterpillars!
From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman
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