Seven minutes of a woollybear caterpillar hatching from its egg! Who watched the whole thing? Do it! I watched this egg for a loooooong time to capture the moment. The Banded Woolly Bear or Isabella Tiger Moth, Pyrrharctia isabella, overwinters as a final instar caterpillar, feeds for a time in the spring and then builds a cocoon and pupates. At The Caterpillar Lab, we accelerated a few woolly bears that we found nearby and the resulting moths already eclosed, mated and laid eggs. Now, here we a

Meet a cast of chromatic caterpillar characters: Each possesses its own set of traits—colors, shapes, behaviors, and weapons—that helps it survive in its eastern U.S. habitats. See more: bit.ly/2E0TGRk (Video by Samuel Jaffe of The Caterpillar Lab) | bioGraphic