| For example, many homeowners had gardens, which contained cabbage, broccoli, and other crops as host plants for cabbage white caterpillars. |
| While some scientists suspect Eastern tent caterpillars were the cause of MRLS, the exact cause of the disease remains unknown. |
| Beds of nettles are slashed to the ground when the caterpillars of red admiral and other butterflies are hatching for next year's generation. |
| They are dying out because the wild flowers on which their caterpillars feed are being killed off by farmers, landowners and foresters. |
| We had a huge infestation of yellow woollybear caterpillars and green clover worm moths and am finding some fall armyworm moths. |
| The caterpillars harness the plant toxins and use them as a natural defence against predation. |
