Young children are often taught that caterpillars form a chrysalis and transform into butterflies. However, the exact details of metamorphosis aren’t always clarified due to the complicated biological ...

Both butterflies and moths have a four-part life cycle: egg, larva (caterpillar), cocoon (moth) or chrysalis (butterfly), and winged adult. The caterpillar phase is perhaps the most interesting.

Complex life cycles dominate among insects (estimated to be more than 80% of the species) and other invertebrates. Clearly, that plan for living is highly successful.

Both butterflies and moths are classified as Lepidoptera and have a complex life cycle called metamorphosis. The four stages of life are egg, larva (caterpillar), pupa and adult.

Monarch Life Cycle | From Caterpillar to Butterfly. Clip: Season 2 Episode 1 | 2m 7s Video has Closed Captions | CC. A WFSU producer and his family raise monarch caterpillars, watch them become ...

The tent caterpillar has a single life cycle each year. The caterpillars hatch and form nests in the spring. The tent-like nests are protection for the little caterpillars.

How to Garden for Butterfly Life Cycles. April 23, 2019 | Susan M. Brackney. ... The basic butterfly begins as an egg which hatches into a tiny caterpillar. Eating and growing steadily, ...