LAKE CHARLES, LA (KPLC) - If the summertime has you spending more time outdoors, heed this warning: there is a common caterpillar crawling around vegetation with a sting that stopped one Lake Charles ...

This is the caterpillar of an Io moth, a species of silk moth that so intrigues entomologist Andrei Sourakov that he’s endured a number of the larva’s bee-like stings while studying various specimens.

TOPEKA (KSNT) – Spotted a fuzzy-looking caterpillar lately? A Kansas insect expert says you might want to leave it alone as it could be packing a painful surprise. 27 News spoke with Kansas State ...

Io and rosy maple moths are a bit smaller than the larger members of this group, but what they lack in size, they make up for in color. Io moths are yellow with huge eyespots and red stripes on the ...

A large, cryptic moth sits motionless on a tree trunk, its apprehension increasing as a bird approaches. With an ample meal in its sights the bird prepares to strike. But the moth snaps its forewings ...