Insects have six legs, except when they don't. Caterpillars — the larvae of butterflies and moths — have additional sets of limbs known as prolegs. So do the larvae and even adults of a handful of ...

Like other insects, caterpillars have six proper legs. They are attached to the part of their body nearest their head. Caterpillars have additional stumpy body parts called prolegs towards the back of ...

Like other insects, caterpillars have six proper legs. They are attached to the part of their body nearest their head. Caterpillars have additional stumpy body parts called prolegs towards the back of ...

The third instar larva has more distinct bands, particularly on the abdomen. The fourth instar is characterized by a new banding pattern on the thorax, and white spots on the prolegs near the back of ...

Larvae have six legs and use the middle and hindmost ones called prolegs to scale trees. According to butterfly keeper Nagisa Mizuochi at the Adachi Park of Living Things in Tokyo’s Adachi Ward ...

Caterpillars don't just have three pairs of regular legs. They also have extra appendages, called 'prolegs,' which help them scoot around by acting as tiny suction cups. Karin Panser of Austria ...

Arkansas’s future jack o’ lanterns are facing a scare of their own, with the early arrival of melonworms that can cause ...

Arkansas’ future jack o’ lanterns are facing a scare of their own, with the early arrival of melonworms that can cause ...