If male moths are trapped, fewer caterpillars will result due to not having been able to mate with the females. There are over 140,000 species of these insects in the world.
Some caterpillars turn into moths, while others turn into butterflies. It depends on the species.
Fuzzy caterpillars turn into moths.
Caterpillars are the young - of moths and butterflies.
They turn into moths. It takes about eight weeks for the caterpillars to start their cocoons and two for them to turn into moths.
They are usually referred to as Forest Tent Caterpillar Moths (Malacosoma disstria).
Caterpillars do not lay eggs. Caterpillars are the larval stage of butterflies and moths, and they do not have the ability to reproduce. Only adult butterflies and moths, which come after the caterpillar stage, have the ability to lay eggs.
Moths, like butterflies, metamorphosis from caterpillars, just a different species of caterpillars.
Fern caterpillars can be consumed by various predators, including birds and some insects. Snails typically feed on plant material, not caterpillars or moths. Moths can also be preyed upon by birds and other insectivores, but they primarily feed on nectar and do not eat caterpillars. In summary, birds are the primary consumers of both fern caterpillars and moths.
Mottephobia or Lepidopterophobia. Answer 2 by Terrier23: Since there is no actual name for the fear of butterflies, they use these two because they are for the phobia of moths, and moths and butterflies are practically the same. Mottephobia is the fear of moths with Lepidopterophobia is the fear of Jipsy Moths
Caterpillars do not turn into wasps or beetles. The only type of insect that caterpillars turn into are moths or butterflies.
No, not when they are Moths. When they are caterpillars, yes. They sting.
No. Some are hairless.