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 ...

Most of us learned about butterfly metamorphosis as a kid—a wriggly caterpillar molts its skin ... which they allowed to form chrysalises or cocoons, respectively. The team collected the silk ...

Here, the caterpillars rest and weave their cocoons for three days ... Each stem contains a minuscule amount of thin stick fibers, which must be rolled together and dried. The threads need ...

The pressure is on the caterpillars to consume enough food before going into the cocoon to sustain the moth when it is reborn. In the wild, atlas moth caterpillars eat the leaves of cinnamon, citrus ...

Caterpillars are voracious but fussy eaters. "They grow up to 500 times bigger from the moment they emerge from the egg to the time they turn into cocoons," says Pun. Many species feed only on a ...