This guide to green caterpillars helps you easily identify the green caterpillar you've found in your yard or garden. While it's nearly impossible to include every green caterpillar species out there, ...

A mixed native hedge such as hazel or hawthorn provides shelter and nourishment for many different species – breeding grounds ...

You will come across many caterpillars in your garden. Knowing a little about the species and their feeding habits will help you make good decisions about whether to try to control or simply tolerate ...

A friend took this picture in a parking lot. The caterpillar is about three inches long and grabbed hold of the pavement tightly when my friend tried to move it. Can you identify it? If you wondered ...

Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at dgill@agcenter.lsu.edu. I've appreciated and benefited from your gardening advice on many occasions ...

Nature is amazingly symbiotic. There are plants that work as natural pest control in your yard or garden and critters that help keep your weeds in check. Case in point: the woolly bear caterpillar.

I have a ton of little black caterpillars devouring my echinacea. I am afraid they will kill the flower, but I feel bad about trying to kill them all. What should I do? — D.H. Thank you for this ...