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What caterpillar cocoons in a bag covered with bits of needles?
It sounds like bagworms. They do not turn into moths or butterflies and can damage on the host plant that they are on.
Do moths turn into butterflies?
Some caterpillars turn into moths, while others turn into butterflies. It depends on the species.
What do Western Tent caterpillars turn into?
They turn into moths. It takes about eight weeks for the caterpillars to start their cocoons and two for them to turn into moths.
What grows in cocoons?
catapillers that turn into moths. A common misconception is that butterflies come from cocoons. They do not. Butterfly caterpillars shed their skin to become a chrysalis, which then sheds its exoskeleton to become a butterfly. The wrapping is silk around the caterpillar as a protective cocoon never occurs in butterfly larvae.
Is a caterpillar turning into a butterfly an example of evolution?
Moths do not turn into butterflies. Moths and butterflies are both lepidopteran insects, but the butterfly is active only during the daytime and the moth is most active at night. Butterflies are usually brightly colored and somewhat larger than moths. Although butterflies are more beautiful, moths are probably more important environmentally. There are about 15,000 different species of butterflies worldwide and about 150,000 different species of moths - ten times as many
If forest tent caterpillars turn into moths what kind of moth do they turn into?
They are usually referred to as Forest Tent Caterpillar Moths (Malacosoma disstria).
Do you glow worms turn into butterflies?
they do not turn into moths nor butterflies but an insect known as the fungi nat
What do caterpillars turn into?
Caterpillars turn into cocoons or pupas then after that stage, they turn into either a butterfly or moth
Do dark brown catterpillars turn into butterflies?
commonly they turn into purple moths
Do poisonous caterpillars turn into butterflies?
No, they turn into Geometer moths.You have just crushed my hopes and dreams!Inchworms turn into months. Oops... did i say months. I meant Moths. Silly me. Inch worms turn into moths.
What kind of caterpillars turn into wasps and beetles?
Caterpillars do not turn into wasps or beetles. The only type of insect that caterpillars turn into are moths or butterflies.
What is the process for making silk fabric?
first you raise silk "worms" they are really caterpillars and turn into moths. Then you kill them all by boiling the cocoons which they weave. The substance the cocoons are made of is raw silk which is later cleaned and woven into threads in a similar way cotton is.
