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A butterfly does not spin a cocoon, it's pupa is called a chrysalis. A moth, however, spins a protective silk case which is known as a cocoon.
A caterpillar spins either a cocoon or a chrysalis depending on its breed. After being incased it will be its transfirmation into a butterfly.
The time spent in the chrysalis is different for each species of Butterfly, but when the metormorphosis is complete the new butterfly will break its way out of the casing of the chrysalis and spread its new wings for the first time. The butterfly will genrally cling onto the side of the chrysalis for an hour or so, to allow their wings to dry out, and enable them to fly for the first time.
The time that a lava spends in pupation may be brief, as with the Monarch butterfly who only stay in a chrysalis for 2 weeks. However, some species enter into a dormant state when they start pupation and stay in this stage until the appropriate season. They mostly stay dormant through the winter months or during the dry season in the tropics.
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Which gas is most difficult to liquefy?
Helium
Can crystallines liquefy under pressure?
Crystallines can liquefy under pressure if it is sufficiently high. Generally the opposite happens where they become more dense and compressed as the pressure increases.
Is it true that above the temperature no amount of pressure will casue a gas to liquefy?
The critical temperature of a gas is the temperature at or above which no amount of pressure, however great, will cause the gas to liquefy.
Are butterflies insects or mammals?
No, butterflies are not classified as reptiles. Butterflies are insects.
What is the first stage in the metamorphosis of a butterfly?
After a caterpillar comes out of the cocoon, it sits on a leaf and flaps its wings slowly to dry them. Once dried, they flap them harder and begin to hover. Then, once they get used to it, They take off!! Butterflies are beautiful! i i {|} {|} ^ | / \ \/ \
What does the butterflies cocoon represent?
love
What doe an empty chrysalis or cocoon tell you?
butterflies
How long for a swallowtail to emerge from its cocoon?
Black Swallowtail butterflies stay in their cocoon for 9 to 11 days.
What is the size of the cocoon?
depends on the type of butterfly. I have painted butterflies and there cocoon is about 2 in. where as a monach butterfly is considerably bigger.
Why does a caterpillar make a cocoon?
The caterpillar makes a cocoon to complete the metamorphosis and turn in to a moth, butterflies make a chrysalis.
What insects besides butterflies have a cocoon as one of the stages of development?
Although butterflies are the most common insect that has a cocoon as one of their development stages there are also other insects that enter into a cocoon. These insects are beetles, flies, ants, bees, wasps, fleas, and some parasites.
What are walnut butterflies?
A caterpillar that, when in metamorphosis, cocoon looks like a walnut shell.
Why are butterflies becoming less?
This is because 70% butterflies die when they come out of their cocoon and bite the leaves from which cheek comes out and kills the butterfly
What are the different stages of a cocoon?
There is only one stage of a cocoon and it is called a chrysalis. Butterflies and moths that build a cocoon go through four stages of life: the egg, larva, pupa, and adult.
What does cocoon and larva means?
A lavrae means young butterflies and moths. The cocoon is the pupae stage that they go through to become adults through metamorphosis.
What was a butterfly called before a butterfly was called a butterfly?
The butterflies are called Caterpillars or they can be in a cocoon.
What is a butterfly offspring?
A Caterpillar which will grow, cocoon and become a Butterfly
