#Caterpillar
MISC: Ramie moth still threatens native plants, but natural predators offer hope
In 2018, an invertebrate biologist discovered an unfamiliar black caterpillar feeding on a māmaki plant in Olowalu Valley. Experts confirmed the caterpillar was ramie moth, a species native to Southeast Asia that aggressively feeds on plants in the nettle family, like māmaki. The biologist’s sighting marked the first confirmation of ramie moth in Hawaiʻi and the US.
History of the Kamehameha Butterfly Traced in New Children’s Book
Hawai‘i’s native butterfly, the Kamehameha butterfly, is a unique member of the insect kingdom. These are some of the things children of all ages will learn in the just-released educational book, “Butterfly for a King.”
Goodfellow Bros. in Kihei Receives World’s First Electric Drive Dozer by Caterpillar
Goodfellow Bros. in Kihei received of one of three commemorative Cat ® D6 XE
Dozers – a special edition high-drive electric drive dozer built specifically to celebrate Caterpillar’s production of 175,000 medium high-drive dozers.
