Effects of Larval Starvation Stress on the Life History and Adult Fitness of Fall Webworm,

Summary: Imagine being a hungry caterpillar with no food! The fall webworm is a type of insect that sometimes runs out of leaves to eat when there are too many of them or they move to a new place. Scientists studied what happens when these caterpillars face starvation. They found that going hungry as a baby bug changes how they grow up and how healthy they are as adult moths. It shows that a tough childhood makes life much harder for these pests, affecting how long they live and how many babies they can have!