Here's what you might not know about what's inside a caterpillar's "cocoon." Contrary to popular belief, this is not a cocoon. Only certain moths build cocoons, which are like a silky sleeping bag ...

Watch a Monarch caterpillar go through metamorphosis and become a gorgeous butterfly. In this awe-inspiring timelapse, we see ...

You’ll find the caterpillars in late summer; they spin cocoons and overwinter in sheltered places. Be careful handling the caterpillars and their cocoons, because they have stiff hairs that can ...

The gregarious caterpillars leave the tent only to feed. In six or seven weeks, they are fully grown and migrate to find a suitable place to spin their cocoons. Each larva spins a double layered ...

Better yet, some infected caterpillars live long enough to spin cocoons. For years the rain that trickles over the dead cocoons spreads virulent spores and protects the forest from a new invasion ...

At this stage, these caterpillars have a distinct red and black pattern around ... gorge themselves on leaves until winter arrives, and then form a tough cocoon, in which they will stay as a pupa all ...

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.

Found in the Mediterranean region, the young caterpillars of the Heterogynis penella species eat their own mothers as soon as they hatch. The female moths don't have legs or wings, so they can never ...