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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Then the caterpillar begins its transformation. Except, this is when silk producers butt in. The cocoons are steamed. This cleans them and kills the pupa inside. If the pupas were kept alive ...

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.

The transition from caterpillar to butterfly is a process that consists of four stages: egg, larva, pupa, and adult. Observe one caterpillar as it developments into a gorgeous winged insect.