Did you know that butterflies play a crucial role in our ecosystems These delicate creatures are not only a stunning sight ...

The caterpillar crawls away from the milkweed plant in search of a safe spot to begin the pupa stage of the monarch butterfly life cycle. It uses spinnerets near its mouth to create a tiny silken pad.

The caterpillar, along with most others in the Saturniidae family, spins a silk cocoon. This is where it then spends its time as a pupa, the stage of development before the moth becomes an adult.

Delve into the dark world of parasitic wasps and discover their grisly takeovers of living caterpillars. Becoming a butterfly is a dangerous game, and it's easy for caterpillars to fall victim to some ...

After a few weeks when the caterpillar, has eaten enough and grown big enough. It begins to make itself into a pupa or chrysalis. It builds itself a cocoon to hide in but inside all sorts of ...

The agriculture authorities in Ben Tre Province, southern Vietnam have released 285 million parasitic wasps into the ...

They grow and grow. When they are big enough, the caterpillars turn into pupae. Inside the pupa, the caterpillar transforms into a butterfly. After a few days or weeks, the adult butterfly will ...