a year
White-lined sphinx caterpillars form their cocoons in underground burrows and remain there for two to three weeks before they emerge.
A tent caterpillar when it get long and fat to last the sleep
There are several types of oleander caterpillars, including oleander hawk and spotted oleander. The spotted oleander caterpillar stays in their cocoons for about two weeks before merging as a moth.
our caterpillars that we got from Bugville made their cocoons 7 days after we received them, and turned into butterflys 12 days after they made the cocoons.
This is really depends on the type of caterpillar you have/seen. (whatever) It can take a few weeks; but before winter arrives, butterflies have the ability to make the process last for months at a time.
Well really it depends on the time and date that they started to caccoon
Yes, they survive- as long as it's in a good place and well-protected from wind, rain and harsh temperatures. If they couldn't survive we simply wouldn't have any more caterpillars the following spring!
Doubtfully, but more importantly, why does it matter. 'Knowing' implies cognitive thought which means a caterpillar would have a capacity by which it could process information, which in humans is a brain. Though a human baby is born with a brain, it is just starting to develop the concept of future so s/he is not aware of becoming an adult.
This is really dependant on the type of caterpillar you have. :) It can take a few weeks, but before winter arrives, butterflies have the ability to make the process last for mos. at a time.
I have had the same yellow maggots in long cocoons and I cannot find out what they are. Does anyone know?
How long does it take before people finish their sentences...?
long