Both butterflies and moths have a four-part life cycle: egg, larva (caterpillar), cocoon (moth) or chrysalis (butterfly), and winged adult. The caterpillar phase is perhaps the most interesting.

Nicknames: Moon moth Claim to fame: The luna moth is one of the largest – and most eye-catching – of North America’s moths. Due to their nocturnal activities and short life spans ...

Clothes moths prefer your wardrobe. Not all moth caterpillars are plant lovers. The common clothes moth lays its eggs on fabrics, especially those made from animal fibres like wool, cashmere, or silk.

Isabella moths / woolly bears have an interesting life cycle. Unlike many species of moths and butterflies, woolly bears spend the winter as full-grown caterpillars.

"How do caterpillars make cocoons?" asked a preschooler at the Libertyville Recreation Department Kinder Korner Preschool program. Moths and butterflies are similar in many ways, but their path to ...

"The flowers are pale (white or yellow) and visible in low light for moth eyesight; the nectar flows at dusk and into the ...

The short life of a silkworm moth. By Gary Clark, Nature Columnist July 13, 2018. Silkworm moths. ... Moth Night Out Event at Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge. When: 9 p.m. July 21.

Bullish (Video) Silkworm Life Cycle: From Egg to Moth - Nature Documentary. Posted: March 18, 2025 | Last updated: March 19, 2025 "The Turning of the Worm" (Urban-Kineto Corporation) is an ...

Imagine traveling more than 600 miles from the only home you’ve ever known, to a mountain ridge you’ve never been to. It’s nighttime, completely dark, and you don’t have a map, GPS, compass, or ...

The year-long life cycle starts on the eastern plains of New Mexico, West Texas and Oklahoma. It's there that the moths start as caterpillars and thrive on alfalfa fields.

The brown case that hung from a dogwood twig all winter looks a bit like a milkweed pod, but this container doesn’t hold a milkweed’s feathery parachutes. Instead, it holds ...