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not sure if they consider much of anything. They're just bugs.
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Can a butterfly and a caterpillar belong to the same species?
i dont know why you ask me >=/
What is lifecycle of viceroy butterfly?
The same same as all butterflies. Egg, caterpillar, chrysalis/pupa, adult.
How can the monarch butterfly and its caterpillar have the same DNA?
Imagine a house made from blue Legos. This is your caterpillar; the color represents the DNA. When the caterpillar goes into its cocoon, it is like taking all the Legos apart and putting them back together as something different. This cannot change the color of the Legos. The caterpillar and butterfly are made out of the same cells, with the same DNA, just put back together in a different shape.
What is the reproduction of the carnivorous caterpillar?
Carnivorous caterpillars have the same life style and reproduction as any other caterpillars. They will be a caterpillar until it builds a cocoon to become a moth or butterfly.
I have heard that a butterfly and a caterpillar do not have the same genetic code?
This is incorrect. Every cell in the catapillar and butterfly carry exactly the same genetic code. Different segments of the code are active during each metaphase however.
What is the larval form of a butterfly or moth?
A butterfly larva is called a caterpillar; moth larvae are called the same thing. Both insects undergo complete metamorphosis when the caterpillars enter their pupal stages, emerging in their adult forms.
Does a poisonous caterpillar turn into a poisonous butterfly?
There are many, many different species of butterfly, so in order to provide some kind of answer let's consider only the Monarch butterfly. Monarchs feed on milkweed, which contains a compound that is poisonous to most birds and mammals. The compound builds up in the caterpillar's body, making the caterpillar itself also poisonous. When metamorphosis occurs, the toxins remain, so the butterfly is also poisonous. Over time, unless the butterfly continues to consume the toxins, they eventually become less poisonous. Also, toxin levels vary from species to species and variety to variety of milkweed; even different parts of the same individual plant may have different levels. So a given butterfly may be poisonous but another one of the same species may not be, depending on exactly what their diet was.
What are the similarities between the caterpillars and butterfly?
Really, nothing at all. They have the same colors, when they are caterpillars and when they are butterflies, so, (SOME) a caterpillar can be blue and white and the butterfly (COULD) turns out blue and white.
How do you tell a chrysalis from a cocoon?
They are the same thing.
What is special about a caterpillar?
That it will become a butterfly or moth(Lepidoptera order) is what is special about a caterpillar.Specifically, the caterpillar represents the larval stage of a butterfly or moth. So it may be called a larva, or larvae if there are more than one being referred to. But those larvae that do not become butterflies or moths cannot be called caterpillars.
What genus does a butterfly belong to?
All butterflies are in the same order, Lepidoptera, but butterflies are classified in different genus groups. Some genus examples are Polyommatus, Nymphalis californica and Euphydryas aurinia.
What do caterpillars and butterfly's have in common?
each caterpillar has the same DNA as the butterfly its going to be.
