That's all the waste the butterfly, née caterpillar, produced during its ... so whenever the larvae smelled it, they'd move away. But even after they transformed into adult moths, they still ...

The caterpillar is capable of shedding its skin up to four times to accommodate the butterfly’s growth. Moth larvae infest primary sources of food. They prefer undisturbed, dark areas where food ...

69-74 (6 pages) Historical, anecdotal records of the state-endangered Miami blue butterfly ... larvae associate with Camponotus floridanus (Buckley) as well as another member of the genus, Camponotus ...

The monarch butterfly life cycle begins with a whirl of wings in the heat of the summer sun. As a female monarch sips nectar from a wildflower, a male hovers nearby. A pheromone is released from ...

Butterfly and moth wings can be stunningly beautiful ... Eyespots appear on both adults and larvae and are often highly distinguishable from the rest of the animals' wing patterns. The eye-catching ...

Monarch butterflies only flap their wings around 5 to 12 times per second — much more slowly than the average butterfly ... chemicals in the milkweed they eat as caterpillars. In just the 9 to 14 days ...

There are so many amazing and marvelous aspects in nature. Take the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) for example. This may be the most familiar and recognized butterfly in North America, yet I ...

The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. The Florida Entomologist Vol. 92, No. 3, Sep., 2009 Ant Tending of Miami Blue Butterfly Larv... The larvae of many lycaenid butterflies (Lepidoptera: ...

But every other stage - egg, caterpillar and pupa - can be attacked, as is the case with most insects.' A butterfly egg is tiny, but wasps can still develop inside it. When a wasp larva finds itself ...

Monarch butterflies only flap their wings around 5 to 12 times per second — much more slowly than the average butterfly ... chemicals in the milkweed they eat as caterpillars. In just the 9 to 14 days ...