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In cool climates, most species of Lepidoptera have an annual cycle. Different species have different periods in this cycle as Caterpillars. These are tuned to the progress of the seasons in the area where they live. For Lepidoptera species that overwinter as pupae, adults, or eggs, the Caterpillars hatch and feed in spring or autumn. These Caterpillars stay only as Caterpillars for two to three weeks. A few species overwinter as Caterpillars, and these species can stay as Caterpillars for many months. At the end of their Caterpillar stage, Lepidoptera pupate for a period. For the species that overwinter as pupae, this stage can last many months. For other species this stage can last two to three weeks. In tropical climates or warm years, many species have two generations in one year, and both the Caterpillar and pupal stages are each just two to three weeks. After the Caterpillar turns into the butterfly which only lives for 2-3 days and its short life ends.
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∙ 11y agoup to 1 to 2 months
i think about 3 to 4 years if it descent get killed i hate people that kill animals
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∙ 14y agoCaterpillars can stay alive for awhile i have one now still grown it should be about a week or two!
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∙ 15y agotwenty years
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∙ 12y agoabout 2 years
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What satge are caterpillar?
Caterpillars are the second stage of a butterfly's life. Egg, Caterpillar, Chrysalis, Butterfly
What is the life cycle for a butterfly?
from egg to caterpillar to cucoon to butterfly
What is the average life span of a worm?
The life span of a round worm varies according to the particular type of roundworm. Some roundworms can survive in the intestines of their host for 7 years or more.
Whats the reproduction cicle of butterflies?
The butterfly is an insect that has 4 separate stages of life. The egg is the beginning of life for the caterpillar. The caterpillar then forms a chrysalis. After the caterpillar changes in the chrysalis to a butterfly, it emerges to restart the circle of life.
What starts as a caterpillar?
Butterfly A caterpillar transforms into a butterfly.
At what stage of a butterfly's life is it most like a worm?
When it is a caterpillar,
What is meant by he life cycle of the butterfly?
The life cycle of a butterfly is from the egg, caterpillar, pupa, butterfly, mating, egg-laying, and so the cycle goes on.
How large is a caterpillar?
there is no caterpillar egg. the caterpillar turns into a butterfly then the butterfly lay the egg.
Exemplar Lesson Life Cycle of a Butterfly?
Egg, Larvae/Caterpillar, Chrysalis/Cacoon, Butterfly/Moth.
What are the stages of the complete life cycle of a butterfiy?
cocoon, caterpillar, Butterfly
What is the butterflies life cycle?
Egg Caterpillar Cocoon Butterfly
Why does a caterpillar spin a cocoon?
they spin it so they can become a butterfly and being a butterfly is their way of browing up in life
