The monarch butterfly life cycle begins with a whirl of wings in the heat of the summer sun. As a female monarch sips nectar from a wildflower, a male hovers nearby. A pheromone is released from ...

A recent study published in the open-access journal African Invertebrates provides insights into the life history and ...

Each caterpillar then undergoes a complete physical transformation called metamorphosis Now resembling a butterfly, it emerges from the chrysalis ready to mate so the cycle can continue ...

Butterflies also go through a lot of changes during their life cycle. The female butterfly lays her eggs on a leaf, out of which hatches a larva or caterpillar. The caterpillar feeds on the leaves ...

Swaner Preserve and EcoCenter will pair the exhibition with additional programming to help adults and kids learn more about, and engage with, butterflies found in Utah.

Beauty on the Wing: Life Story of the Monarch Butterfly is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV ...

By rearing the subspecies Dira clytus clytus in controlled conditions, the researchers documented the butterfly's complete life cycle, from egg to adult. Two distinct pupation and adult emergence ...