The transformation from caterpillar to butterfly is one of the most exquisite ... beetles and flies all radically remodel their bodies within a pupa as they develop from larvae to adults.

Though wonderful to watch, transformation from larva to pupa or from pupa to butterfly is not a particularly pleasant process for the subject involved. There comes for every caterpillar a ...

Watching a butterfly emerge from its chrysalis is enough to evoke wonder even from the most world-weary of souls. But rarely do we get to see behind the scenes of the pupa’s transformation. Current ...

WATCH A VIDEO Watch a short detailing the Oregon silverspot caterpillar's transformation into a chrysalis, or butterfly pupa. Seattle's and Portland's zoo have together released more than 10,000 ...

The pupae of the European butterfly Maculina rebeli exude a scent that mimics the ants and make themselves at home inside the ant nest. Once they become a caterpillar they even beg for food like ...

whereby the larva transforms into a pupa and then an adult. A classic example of this process is the caterpillar's ...

That’s like their teenager stage. A moth pupa usually changes inside a silk cocoon. Sometimes people harvest that silk to make fabric. A butterfly pupa might look like a cocoon, but it’s ...

2nd Street. The Butterfly Lab has butterfly pupa and caterpillars. Conservatory staff may even be seen doing daily pupa care inside the pupa emergence room. You can learn about the Lepidoptera ...

On Thursday zookeepers received a new shipment of bright green butterfly pupae, which came from Costa Rica. The shipment included somewhere between 500 and 700 butterfly pupae. The pupa is the ...