#caterpillars — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #caterpillars, aggregated by home.social.
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THEY DO WHAT?? 😮
"Rice plants and #VenusFlytraps share something in common that was not scientifically documented until recently. Using a faint smell to lure caterpillars into a trap, rice plants killed early-stage fall armyworm larvae by trapping them in a spikelet, the part at the end of a rice panicle where individual grains develop."
#Rice #plants observed trapping and #killing #fall #armyworm #caterpillars
https://phys.org/news/2026-05-rice-fall-armyworm-caterpillars.html -
THEY DO WHAT?? 😮
"Rice plants and #VenusFlytraps share something in common that was not scientifically documented until recently. Using a faint smell to lure caterpillars into a trap, rice plants killed early-stage fall armyworm larvae by trapping them in a spikelet, the part at the end of a rice panicle where individual grains develop."
#Rice #plants observed trapping and #killing #fall #armyworm #caterpillars
https://phys.org/news/2026-05-rice-fall-armyworm-caterpillars.html -
THEY DO WHAT?? 😮
"Rice plants and #VenusFlytraps share something in common that was not scientifically documented until recently. Using a faint smell to lure caterpillars into a trap, rice plants killed early-stage fall armyworm larvae by trapping them in a spikelet, the part at the end of a rice panicle where individual grains develop."
#Rice #plants observed trapping and #killing #fall #armyworm #caterpillars
https://phys.org/news/2026-05-rice-fall-armyworm-caterpillars.html -
THEY DO WHAT?? 😮
"Rice plants and #VenusFlytraps share something in common that was not scientifically documented until recently. Using a faint smell to lure caterpillars into a trap, rice plants killed early-stage fall armyworm larvae by trapping them in a spikelet, the part at the end of a rice panicle where individual grains develop."
#Rice #plants observed trapping and #killing #fall #armyworm #caterpillars
https://phys.org/news/2026-05-rice-fall-armyworm-caterpillars.html -
THEY DO WHAT?? 😮
"Rice plants and #VenusFlytraps share something in common that was not scientifically documented until recently. Using a faint smell to lure caterpillars into a trap, rice plants killed early-stage fall armyworm larvae by trapping them in a spikelet, the part at the end of a rice panicle where individual grains develop."
#Rice #plants observed trapping and #killing #fall #armyworm #caterpillars
https://phys.org/news/2026-05-rice-fall-armyworm-caterpillars.html -
Got a few clear shots (front and back) of a tiny green #caterpillar on a blade of grass, before it started waving its front around trying to figure out where to go.
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Got a few clear shots (front and back) of a tiny green #caterpillar on a blade of grass, before it started waving its front around trying to figure out where to go.
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Got a few clear shots (front and back) of a tiny green #caterpillar on a blade of grass, before it started waving its front around trying to figure out where to go.
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Got a few clear shots (front and back) of a tiny green #caterpillar on a blade of grass, before it started waving its front around trying to figure out where to go.
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Got a few clear shots (front and back) of a tiny green #caterpillar on a blade of grass, before it started waving its front around trying to figure out where to go.
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Watching these caterpillars abseiling down silk threads from a tree.
sp. Ethanus Huntius
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Oak Trees Delay Leaf Growth to Reduce Caterpillar Damage
📰 Original title: Oak trees are delaying spring to starve caterpillars
🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
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How #oak trees outwit their predators https://www.myscience.de/en/news/2026/how_oak_trees_outwit_their_predators-2026-uni-wuerzburg
Satellite data show #trees delay budburst across landscapes to escape #herbivores https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-026-03071-9
"If #OakTrees are heavily infested by #caterpillars, they react to this the following spring: they delay their leaf emergence by three days... This strategy is highly effective: the three-day delay is sufficient to drastically reduce the #insects’ survival rate. It reduces the damage caused by feeding on the #tree by 55%."
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How #oak trees outwit their predators https://www.myscience.de/en/news/2026/how_oak_trees_outwit_their_predators-2026-uni-wuerzburg
Satellite data show #trees delay budburst across landscapes to escape #herbivores https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-026-03071-9
"If #OakTrees are heavily infested by #caterpillars, they react to this the following spring: they delay their leaf emergence by three days... This strategy is highly effective: the three-day delay is sufficient to drastically reduce the #insects’ survival rate. It reduces the damage caused by feeding on the #tree by 55%."
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How #oak trees outwit their predators https://www.myscience.de/en/news/2026/how_oak_trees_outwit_their_predators-2026-uni-wuerzburg
Satellite data show #trees delay budburst across landscapes to escape #herbivores https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-026-03071-9
"If #OakTrees are heavily infested by #caterpillars, they react to this the following spring: they delay their leaf emergence by three days... This strategy is highly effective: the three-day delay is sufficient to drastically reduce the #insects’ survival rate. It reduces the damage caused by feeding on the #tree by 55%."
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How #oak trees outwit their predators https://www.myscience.de/en/news/2026/how_oak_trees_outwit_their_predators-2026-uni-wuerzburg
Satellite data show #trees delay budburst across landscapes to escape #herbivores https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-026-03071-9
"If #OakTrees are heavily infested by #caterpillars, they react to this the following spring: they delay their leaf emergence by three days... This strategy is highly effective: the three-day delay is sufficient to drastically reduce the #insects’ survival rate. It reduces the damage caused by feeding on the #tree by 55%."
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28/04/2026 - A few things I met on my evening walk.
A chocolate mining bee enjoying the sunshine and a magpie moth caterpillar climbing up a lamp post.
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I’m all settled in back at home, unpacked & all put away & have had some lunch. I was going to do some jobs but I’m feeling decidedly weary & would love to get back in my pjs 🤣 - but I won’t.
I’m barely home & the homeowners get in touch, they are midpoint driving home from Sydney & asked if I’m available for a weekend in May so they can go to a parents 90th down on the coast. It’s 4 weeks away, so I get a good break before I do it again.
I found out something this morning too. That picture I took yesterday morning of the swans on the side of the dam in the paddock - they aren’t real 😂. They got me! Apparently it’s been there for years, so well done though. The attached is definitely real though - a column of caterpillars along the path where I walked the dogs today. #Caterpillars -
spotted these today too. i think this is a silk web of the Ermine moth caterpillars.
this is on black thorn. they must be very young at the moment. -
Spun Glass Slug Moth caterpillar ( (Isochaetes beutenmuelleri) is a near-transparent larva native to North America, known for its translucent body covered in fluid-filled, glass-like stinging spines. It is also a rarely seen larva. The "glass" spines are deciduous, meaning they fall off at the slightest disturbance to confuse or deter predators.
Picture: Mathewbeziat. Inaturalist
#weird #caterpillars #moths #nature -
Found some common buckeye caterpillars (Junonia ceonia) on our snake herb this afternoon. #Caterpillars #Nature #JunoniaCoenia #Lepidoptera
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Gardening Experts Say That Caterpillars Are Actually Good For Your Garden – Here’s Why https://www.allforgardening.com/1698894/gardening-experts-say-that-caterpillars-are-actually-good-for-your-garden-heres-why/ #caterpillars #garden #gardening #GettyImages #KyleTurner #VegetableGarden
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This simple gardening choice could help save one of the UK’s rarest moths https://www.allforgardening.com/1690050/this-simple-gardening-choice-could-help-save-one-of-the-uks-rarest-moths/ #caterpillars #DarkMullein #garden #gardening #hampshire #IsleOfWight #MulleinPlant #WildlifeTrust
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Why caterpillars shouldn’t be viewed as garden pests – The Irish News https://www.allforgardening.com/1683010/why-caterpillars-shouldnt-be-viewed-as-garden-pests-the-irish-news/ #biodiversity #brassicas #CabbageWhite #caterpillars #garden #GardenPest #gardening #KateBradbury #moths #uk #WildlifeGardening
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Why caterpillars shouldn’t be viewed as garden pests https://www.allforgardening.com/1683006/why-caterpillars-shouldnt-be-viewed-as-garden-pests/ #biodiversity #brassicas #CabbageWhite #caterpillars #garden #GardenPest #gardening #KateBradbury #moths #WildlifeGardening
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Eastern Tent Caterpillars (Malacosoma americana)
#TentCaterpillars #Caterpillars #Lepidoptera #ArtWithOpenSource #Darktable #CCBYSA #Insects #Moths #Animals #Wildlife #WildlifePhotography #Nature #NaturePhotography #Photo #Photography
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Chenille non identifiée (pour l'instant)
#caterpillars #arthropods #insects #macrophotography #naturephotography
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🦋🐜 Researchers found that Alcon blue #caterpillars can mimic the specific acoustic pulses of a queen ant.
By sounding like royalty, they convince worker #ants to carry them home and protect them from predators.
#research #biology #nature #butterflies #science #evolution #wildlife #insects
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Archduke butterfly (Lexias pardalis) caterpillar, typically found in the tropical forests of Southeast Asia and Australasia. Known for its appearance similarity with a Christmas tree, 10 pairs of lateral protrusions, that act as a "shield,". it can change its hue to match the leaves of its host plant for maximum camouflage. When disturbed, it freezes and relies on its fearsome appearance or curls into a defensive ball.
Picture: pinterest
#weird #nature #caterpillars -
Do not pet the giant orange venomous lump!
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Illustration by Maria Sibylla Merian, from Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium (1705).
Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library
Available to buy as a print.
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/ab0d27e0-8217-4e81-8afd-9bf02b3ffe7c
#metamorphosis #insects #caterpillars #botanical #butterflies #flora #flowers #wildlife #plants #art #publicdomain
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RE: https://mastodon.online/@globalmuseum/115849161944999694
#Moths of the #Saturniidae are characterized by #adults that camouflage with closed wings (#mimesis), but perform a #mimicry behavior, when disturbed by presenting their #eyespots. They have stunted/fully reduced #mouthparts and reproduce only. Species of genus #Automeris live mostly in the tropics/subtropics, #caterpillars can look #colorful and #bizarre and are defensive via stinging hairs. Exples: Automeris egeus or A. niepelti. The #caterpillar below might be related.
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💁🏻♀️ ICYMI: 🐛🛡️ Dr. Adrian Smith captures #NorthCarolina #caterpillars in #macro detail as they defend themselves, prepare for transformation, and eat their way toward metamorphosis. These #larvae convert plant matter into protein that feeds #birds, #wasps, and other creatures up the food chain – but their diverse defense strategies help some survive to become #butterflies and #moths.
#animals #insects #biology #nature #entomology #wildlife #predators #ecology #ecosystem #plants #Raleigh #silk #tksst #video
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🐛🛡️ Dr. Adrian Smith captures #NorthCarolina #caterpillars in #macro detail as they defend themselves, prepare for transformation, and eat their way toward metamorphosis. These #larvae convert plant matter into protein that feeds #birds, #wasps, and other creatures up the food chain – but their diverse defense strategies help some survive to become #butterflies and #moths.
👉 Learn more: https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/how-do-these-north-carolina-caterpillars-defend-against-predators?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new_content&utm_content=nc-caterpillar-defense
#animals #insects #biology #nature #entomology #wildlife #predators #ecology #ecosystem #plants #Raleigh #silk #tksst #video -
Illustration by Maria Sibylla Merian, from Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium (1705).
Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library
Available to buy as a print.
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/c92dab18-645f-4172-9a0e-4a11d9bfd50e
#stems #metamorphosis #insects #pods #caterpillars #botanical #butterflies #flora #flowers #leaves #plants #art #publicdomain
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Illustration by Maria Sibylla Merian, from Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium (1705).
Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library
Available to buy as a print.
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/c92dab18-645f-4172-9a0e-4a11d9bfd50e
#stems #metamorphosis #insects #pods #caterpillars #botanical #butterflies #flora #flowers #leaves #plants #art #publicdomain
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Illustration by Maria Sibylla Merian, from Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium (1705).
Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library
Available to buy as a print.
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/c92dab18-645f-4172-9a0e-4a11d9bfd50e
#stems #metamorphosis #insects #pods #caterpillars #botanical #butterflies #flora #flowers #leaves #plants #art #publicdomain
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Illustration by Maria Sibylla Merian, from Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium (1705).
Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library
Available to buy as a print.
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/c92dab18-645f-4172-9a0e-4a11d9bfd50e
#stems #metamorphosis #insects #pods #caterpillars #botanical #butterflies #flora #flowers #leaves #plants #art #publicdomain
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Illustration by Maria Sibylla Merian, from Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium (1705).
Source: Smithsonian Libraries and Archives / Biodiversity Heritage Library
Available to buy as a print.
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/c92dab18-645f-4172-9a0e-4a11d9bfd50e
#stems #metamorphosis #insects #pods #caterpillars #botanical #butterflies #flora #flowers #leaves #plants #art #publicdomain
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Saw some behemoth brassicas (cabbages? Not sure) in somebody’s front garden today. Impressive. And the butterflies clearly love them haha!
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We’ve let our #CommonMilkweed go wild this year. We were starting to lose hope about seeing #monarchs but suddenly we now have 14 #caterpillars and have seen one adult today in #Indianapolis #Indiana.
So awesome to see them visit us!
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@entomology
I wrote a little text about the pine processionary that I want to use in an art project. I am not an entomologist, just a Jean-Henri Fabre fan.
Dear #entomology community in the fediverse, could you proofread and fact check this for me?Full text is the also in the image description.
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#Canada - Here's how you can make your #garden a safe and #biodiverse space for #urban #wildlife
by Ann Dale, Sabrina Careri, The Conversation
"Supporting biodiversity in your garden
"Together, we've created a series of free, fact-based guides to help people learn how to cultivate biodiversity and support for wildlife habitat in private gardens.
"This series currently includes four comprehensive booklets, each focusing on key aspects of biodiversity gardening:
- Yard Naturalization: A How-to Guide
- Myths & Misconceptions: Naturalized Gardens, Ticks, Mice, Rats & Other Pests
- Bird-Friendly Gardens: Supporting Bird Habitat in Every Season
- Good Garden Practices: Underrated Practices & Top Plant Picks."While there are plenty of great garden practices out there, these are five easy and impactful ways to boost biodiversity and cultivate a garden safe for urban wildlife, taken directly from our booklets.
"Use alternatives to pesticides"#Pesticides in your garden can harm beneficial insects and can be detrimental to the environment, wildlife and human health. Instead of using chemical-based pesticides, try natural alternatives like #biopesticides, #HorticulturalOils and #InsecticidalSoaps that can be just as effective.
"Likewise, attracting predatory insects and wildlife into your garden who will actively feed on the harmful pest is also an effective starting point as this is a process of pest-control that occurs naturally in healthy ecosystems.
"There are also DIY pesticides, such as sea salt spray, water-vinegar mixtures and coffee grounds.
"Decomposing plant litter, like fallen dead leaves, tree bark, needles and twigs, is an important component of maintaining soil health, nutrient cycling and biodiversity.
"By choosing to leave the leaves in your garden, you will support the variety of species who overwinter in them, from #bees and #caterpillars, to #butterflies, #spiders and more.
"Prioritize #pollinator-attractive plants"In addition to pollination, insects are beneficial for a variety of other reasons, including for pest control, seed dispersal and decomposition.
"The best way to attract insects largely depends on which insect you are trying to attract. But as a general rule, it is always a good practice to source plants locally and prioritize #NativeSpecies.
"Next best to native plants are benign ornamentals and non-natives. Cultivating a diverse range of flowers, especially native plants and herbs, promotes a resilient ecosystem. It also helps natives out-compete invasive species and to reverse the downward trends of mass species decline.
"Make your garden safe for birds
"#Birds contribute to healthy ecosystems: they pollinate plants, disperse seeds and prey on insects. Unfortunately, North American bird populations are experiencing a rapid decline due to habitat loss, degradation and other global pressures.
"Adopting bird-safe gardening practices offers a powerful way to combat these threats and support biodiversity conservation on a local scale. Beyond core habitat elements, additional practices can enhance the garden's appeal to birds.
"Organic gardening without pesticides or herbicides, keeping cats indoors, removing potential entanglement hazards and using bird-collision prevention markers on reflective surfaces can not only attract birds, but also ensure their safety as well.
"Advocate for biodiversity
"Although there's been a growing movement toward more biodiversity-supporting practices, outdated municipal bylaws and enforcement policies continue to limit the potential of habitat gardens.
"These disputes over the scope and application of bylaws have brought attention to various legal contradictions and outcomes that negatively impact progress on biodiversity recovery, all the while undermining and negating related environmental objectives on private land.
"By advocating and encouraging your municipal leaders to adopt science-based biodiversity-supportive bylaws, you help to establish the legal frameworks and political agendas that directly impact long-term ecological health and promote sustainable development and the regeneration of biodiversity."
Read more:
https://phys.org/news/2025-08-garden-safe-biodiverse-space-urban.html#UrbanGardening #Gardening #Biodiversity #SolarPunkSunday #GardeningForPollinators #GardeningForButterflies
