caterpillars This caterpillar wears its old molted heads as hats Thom Dunn

Science Videos show marvelous caterpillar diversity Andrea James

Delightful Creatures Caterpillar mimics a snake Mark Frauenfelder

butterflies Exotic caterpillars and the beautiful winged insects they become Andrea James

migration Meet Sedgewick the Monarch Caterpillar—and find out what you can do to save his species David Mizejewski

Gadgets Have some fun with these attention-grabbing face mask designs Boing Boing's Shop

Delightful Creatures Scan of a 1921 book about insects Mark Frauenfelder

booze Hard boozing raccoons mistakenly thought to be rabid Seamus Bellamy

nature is metal Watch: caterpillars feeding on exploding touch-me-not seed pods Mark Frauenfelder

Science Tomato plants can detect an imminent animal attack David Pescovitz

tiger ponies Fact-checking the anatomical details of animal emoji Clive Thompson

Science Watch researchers modify caterpillars, revealing wing development inside cocoons Andrea James

video Lovely animation of the virus that melts gypsy moth caterpillars Andrea James

art 17th century illustrations of butterflies Rob Beschizza

music Theme tune for Tent Caterpillars Rob Beschizza

40 of the world's weirdest flowers Nadina Hughes