Picture yourself cutting a branch from the lilac bush or apple tree in your backyard, when a huge, green caterpillar — the width of your thumb and length of your forefinger — falls onto your hand or ...

Here’s a rather graphic example of good bugs, bad bugs and something special in between! Ron Eaton took this photo of tobacco hornworms he found in his Lake Smith yard in Virginia Beach recently. The ...

If you are lucky, you might spot one or both of the moths featured here in natural areas close to Santa Barbara. By planting suitable native plants, you may be able to attract these beauties to your ...

Q: We’ve had this guy around for the last few days. What is he? A luna moth perhaps? What should we look for in coming days? A: It’s a hornworm, Manduca rustica (aka rustic sphinx moth), to be precise ...

Moth Week is a perfect time to talk about the insects' impact on the garden. A most detested caterpillar foe to our tomatoes, the tobacco hornworm (Manduca sexta), becomes a lovely hawk moth in its ...