Hoverflies can carry pollen over greater distances than bees and pollinate many plants that grow in your garden or yard. Look ...

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The larva then disintegrates inside the cocoon casing, gradually reforming and growing into its adult moth form. Five-spotted hawk moths overwinter in the soil in their pupa form, emerging in the ...

Unusual cocoons. The Madagascan moon moth (Argema mittrei) begins life as a caterpillar, hatching from one of 100 to 150 eggs, although many of its siblings will not make it to adulthood.The ...

A butterfly pupa might look like a cocoon, but it’s different. “Many butterflies have what we call a naked pupa or chrysalis,” Felsot said. “The wings, mouthparts and antennae are glued to ...

Members of the Lepidoptera family pass through four distinct phases in their lives: egg, larva (caterpillar), pupa (cocoon or chrysalis) and adult. I’m often asked where the caterpillars came from.

Inside this cocoon, the pupa transforms into an adult crane fly. “They spend anywhere from a few months to a few years in that larval stage before they go through a pupation, ...

Members of the Lepidoptera family pass through four distinct phases in their lives: egg, larva (caterpillar), pupa (cocoon or chrysalis) and adult. I’m often asked where the caterpillars came from.