Two wildlife charities are recruiting volunteers to help spot glow-in-the-dark caterpillars at night using ultraviolet lights. It is hoped the technique will make surveying butterflies and moths ...

A caterpillar that is killing off some of our most favourite plants is becoming increasingly common in UK gardens ... are greenish-yellow, with black heads. Older caterpillars reach up to 4cm ...

A rare caterpillar seen as an "omen of death" was spotted inching across a path at a beauty spot. Madeleine Bucki came across the green and purple ... a rare find in the UK." ...

A councillor has spotted ... Green Route in Totton today. It was a monster, about five inches long." It has been revealed that the creature that the councillor saw was one of UK's rarest ...

Anyone who spots the moth or caterpillar should report it on [email protected] or 0300 067 4442. THE caterpillars have black heads and grey bodies covered in long white hairs.

Geoff Sutton The black hairstreak caterpillar is an endangered species in the UK. Training in the technique ... hairstreak are both vulnerable, and green hairstreak and purple hairstreak have ...

A councillor has spotted ... Green Route in Totton today. It was a monster, about five inches long." It has been revealed that the creature that the councillor saw was one of UK's rarest ...

A councillor has spotted one of the UK's rarest bugs while taking ... Cllr Harrison said: "I came across this caterpillar whilst walking along the Green Route in Totton today.