Only certain moths build cocoons, which are like a silky ... That's all the waste the butterfly, née caterpillar, produced during its stay. Once its wings expand and harden, it's ready to mate ...

The outer skin hardens, and, over time, the caterpillar develops its body inside the cocoon. It digests itself and rebuilds itself, too. It eventually transforms into a beautiful butterfly.

The caterpillar surrenders to stillness, dissolving into a formless goo — no longer a caterpillar, not yet a butterfly. In that cocoon, she’s “No Thing.” That’s where the magic happens. It’s the same ...

One of the goliaths of the insect world, the atlas moth is a gentle giant – but behind every oversized moth is a very hungry caterpillar. The atlas moth is among the biggest insects on the planet, ...

Becoming a butterfly is a dangerous game ... It eats the entire contents of the caterpillar's body and spins its own tough cocoon to pupate in, before emerging as another adult wasp.' Other species ...

The caterpillar of the Ramie ... They are different than Kamehameha butterfly larvae, which are black when first hatched, and greenish when ready to make a cocoon. Their behaviors differ too.

"Just when the caterpillar thought its life was over, it became a butterfly" --- anonymous. Do you feel like you are stuck in a cocoon, without any options for movement? Are you feeling like the ...