Blogs Posts on "Caterpillars"

Lifestages Of The Butterfly-Common Emigrant by Amateur Photography | Nature Pictures on Nov 9, 2009Here are some pictures representing four stages of the life cycle of common emigrant butterfly.1st stage-EggsThe female common emigrant butterfly lays its spindle shaped yellowish eggs individually on the back side of the host plants (Cassias). The m...

Lime Butterfly Caterpillar by Amateur Photography | Nature Pictures on Oct 25, 2009The Lime Butterfly caterpillar passes through 5 different instars before pupation. The first few instars of the caterpillar look like bird droppings and this is nature's way of protecting them from predators. In the 5th (last) instar, the caterpilla...

Banded Woolly Bear Predicts Mild Winter by Dave Ingram's Natural History Blog on Oct 21, 2009Is it going to be a mild winter this year in British Columbia? You be the judge. According to some, if the orange band in the middle of a banded woolly bear (Pyrrharctia isabella) is wider than the black bands on the ends of the caterpillar it will b...

Fall walk along the river finding caterpillars by Squirrel's View on Oct 12, 2009By the time I get home from work it is usually dark this time of year so I have not seen much of the fall colors and was surprised at how everything had changed in just one week. Not wanting to waste time in the car, I went to the closest place to my...

Common Leopard Butterfly Larvae by Amateur Photography | Nature Pictures on Sep 24, 2009A few days ago I brought home two leopard butterfly caterpillars with a branch of weeping willow tree. At the night one disappeared and the other turned into pre-pupa stage. The common leopard butterfly caterpillar has a dark orange color with black...

Eco-Friendly Protein: Edible Bugs by WebEcoist on Jul 7, 2009Though they are relegated to game show gross-out props in much of the West, bugs are quite eco-friendly protein sources. They consume relatively little and do not require grazing land or antibiotics.

Eco-Friendly Protein: Edible Bugs by WebEcoist on Jul 7, 2009Though they are relegated to game show gross-out props in much of the West, bugs are quite eco-friendly protein sources. They consume relatively little and do not require grazing land or antibiotics.

Butterfly invasion by Green Rebates and Incentives on May 26, 2009We are being invaded. Millions of exotic migrants are breezing into Britain, but the tabloid press can rest easy: these new arrivals are painted lady butterflies and the only resources they will devour are nectar and thistles.

Information On Dealing With Garden Pests by Go Green Gardening on May 21, 2009If we could garden without any interference from the pests which attack plants, then indeed gardening would be a simple matter. But all the time we must watch out for these little foes little in size, but tremendous in the havoc they make.As human il...

Plain Tiger Larva by Amateur Photography | Nature Pictures on May 8, 2009Plain Tiger Butterfly Larva (caterpillar) can be easily found on the host plant (milkweed). Its body has black and white bands with yellow dorsolateral spots. It has 3 pairs of long and black tentacle-like appendages. The bases of appendages turn re...