Eastern tent caterpillars are a native species that create noticeable silken nests in trees, primarily black cherry trees. While they may cause temporary defoliation, they do not kill trees and serve ...

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Ten years ago, I started raising monarch butterflies for purely selfish reasons. They are pretty and the woman I love wanted to release them at our wedding. Neither one of us knew at the time that our ...

Do woolly bear caterpillars forecast winter weather? Woolly bears (or woolly worms in the South) have a reputation for forecasting the coming winter weather, according to the Farmer's Almanac. The ...

I recently heard a lecture by Jim McCormac, a biologist with the Ohio DNR. He argued that caterpillars, forest birds, and trees were dependent upon each other for survival. Each spring, deciduous ...

This past weekend, I had a glimpse into one of the most fascinating and bizarre (also gruesome) animal behaviors I have ever witnessed. I was out walking the dog and happened to notice a large wasp ...

The weather has cooled off, but in the early part of October, spring violets were blooming in the front yard. And not far from them, a big burning bush (Euonymus alatus), a shrub originally from ...

'Tis the season for caterpillar overreaction. Before we get to the protagonist of this column, a quick note on caterpillar abundance. Suffice to say, caterpillars are everywhere. Caterpillars are the ...

Want to know how bad this winter is expected to be? You could look at the long-term NOAA forecasts for Ohio, or to the meteorologists at the National Weather Service, with their fancy technology, like ...