Research suggests that butterflies and moths can remember their ... Here's what you might not know about what's inside a caterpillar's "cocoon." Contrary to popular belief, this is not a cocoon.

Photographer and National Geographic Explorer Rena Effendi learned that a little-known species was named after her late ...

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.

furrier-looking bodies than butterflies, helping them retain heat better during cooler nights. Moths can spin a silk cocoon to protect their pupae. Butterflies form a chrysalis. Butterflies fold ...

Then, around the summer solstice, they emerge. From the black cocoons, yellow and black striped butterflies spread their wings in flight from southern Ontario, Canada, to Pennsylvania. Researchers ...

During the spring and summer, butterflies will begin to either emerge from chrysalis or begin migrating. Here's when to see ...