Washington, D.C.– Butterflies and moths are well known for their striking metamorphosis from crawling caterpillars to winged adults. In light of this radical change, not just in body form, but also in ...

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Not all caterpillars grow up to be beautiful butterflies. Some become living milkshakes for their dads, who guzzle caterpillar body fluids to attract the ladies. Recently, scientists reported the ...

I talked about your question with my friend Allan Felsot. He’s an insect scientist at Washington State University. He told me cocoons are mostly silk. But they’re usually made by moths. A butterfly ...

We often come across small caterpillars in spring, nibbling on leaves all day long. A few weeks later, they disappear and make way for beautiful butterflies fluttering above flowers. But what happens ...

Professor Elizabeth Crone, Department of Evolution and Ecology, checks a non-native milkweed in the San Francisco Bay Area for monarch butterfly eggs and caterpillars. Known for long-distance ...

This behavior by the fluttering insects was so unusual that scientists had to invent a new word to describe it. By Annie Roth Butterflies seem gentle as they flutter from plant to plant. But some may ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Virginia is home to many beautiful butterflies and moths, with a variety of these insects observed in the state considered rare by the Virginia Department of Conservation and ...