Be careful handling the caterpillars and their cocoons, because they have ... to cause any serious damage. 8. Spongy Moth (Formerly Known as the Gypsy Moth) Not exactly a garden caterpillar ...

The pressure is on the caterpillars to consume enough food before going into the cocoon to sustain the moth when it is reborn. In the wild, atlas moth caterpillars eat the leaves of cinnamon, citrus ...

A gypsy moth caterpillar crawls along partially eaten leaves of a tree in Trenton, N.J. The spongy moth caterpillar has a yellow and black head, a hairy body with pairs of blue spots, followed by ...