Researchers in Portugal recently stumbled across a fossil containing the mummified remains of hundreds of bees, perfectly ...

these cocoons as part of their metamorphic process ... This process was gradual, as humans began to provide these insects ...

In the case of a butterfly, the pupa is inside the chrysalis (other insects may spin cocoons or pupate in the soil) until the adult emerges. Adults mate and lay eggs. An insect with incomplete ...

Only certain moths build cocoons, which are like a silky sleeping bag that covers the insect. This, on the other hand, is what's called a chrysalis. It's not a sack or a pouch; it's actually the ...

Some insects will avoid the cold altogether and migrate to warmer temperatures such as the monarch butterfly, armyworms, ...

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 caterpillar, along with ...

Often I will ask a volunteer to sit on the bench holding a cocoon, with the huge insect resting on it. It gives visitors a unique chance to get very close to the moth and see all the details.' ...