The exoskeleton, called exuvia, is left in the bottom of the cocoon. A silkworm pupa already looks more like an adult than a caterpillar, with a shortened, segmented body, a clearly defined head, and ...

Swathed in bright and beautiful colors, butterflies (Lepidoptera) are among the most diverse animals on the planet. There are ...

Characteristic cocoon with final instar larva and pupa of the alpine rose leaf-miner moth on Rhododendron ferrugineum in Ardez, Graubünden, Switzerland.

Butterflies come in a remarkable variety of different forms and patterns, from the orange-colored majesty of the monarch to ...

It then locks itself into a cocoon called a pupa to develop its exoskeleton - the name for a skeleton which exists outside the body. 6. This is the Hercules beetle in its larval stage, ...

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 ...

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.

A new caterpillar has been discovered with the unique ability to make its cocoon out of flakes of dried resin - a sticky substance exuded from trees that hardens over time.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Characteristic cocoon with final instar larva and pupa of the alpine rose leaf-miner moth on Rhododendron ferrugineum in Ardez, Graubünden, Switzerland.