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What you are seeing isn't actually blood. It's called meconium and it's the stored waste product from the pupal stage that the butterfly just completed.

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How does a butterfly makes it young ones?

A butterfly lays eggs, usually on the underside of leaves, which hatch into caterpillars. The caterpillars then feed and grow, forming a chrysalis where they undergo metamorphosis and finally emerge as adult butterflies.


What moves around for at least part of their life?

Butterflies move around for at least part of their life cycle. They start as eggs, then hatch into caterpillars that move around to find food, before eventually forming a chrysalis and emerging as butterflies that also move around to feed and find mates.


What is a butterfly life cycle?

The adult butterfly lays her eggs, caterpillars (larvae) hatch and eat until they are ready to become a chrysalis (pupa). The adult butterfly emerges from the chrysalis. Most species (in warm weather) will be an egg for 3-5 days, a caterpillar from 2-4 weeks, a chrysalis for 1-2 weeks, and an adult butterfly for 2-4 weeks.


What is the significance of the chrysalis color in the metamorphosis process of butterflies?

The color of the chrysalis plays a significant role in the metamorphosis process of butterflies. It indicates the stage of development and can provide clues about the species of butterfly. The color change also helps protect the developing butterfly from predators by camouflaging it in its surroundings.


What is the life cycle of caterpillars, and how do they transform into butterflies?

Caterpillars go through four stages in their life cycle: egg, larva (caterpillar), pupa (chrysalis), and adult (butterfly). After hatching from an egg, the caterpillar eats and grows until it forms a chrysalis. Inside the chrysalis, the caterpillar undergoes metamorphosis and transforms into a butterfly.

Related Questions

From what does a caterpillar hatch?

Yes they are born form eggs that mature butterflies lay.


How do you spell crisilus?

Chrysalis, if you mean the pupal stage of moths and butterflies.


What is in a butterflies chrysalis?

Green goo


How does a chrysalis obtain food?

I don't think chrysalis/caterpillars/butterflies get food.


What doe an empty chrysalis or cocoon tell you?

butterflies


Does butterfly moult?

Butterflies usually hatch from their chrysalis cocoons in the spring, but they can hatch any time of year in tropical climates. Understand the variables that affect when butterflies hatch with information from a butterfly conservatory curator in this free video on butterflies.


Can butterflies fly immediately after emering from hteir chrysalis?

yes they do


When does a cocoon hatch?

Butterflies actually have transform in a Chrysalis rather than cocoon. It takes seven to ten days later the monarch pushes open the chrysalis. The difference in time depends on temperature. Metamorphis occurs more quickly in warmer climates.


How do lepidoperta's reproduce?

Lepidoptera, which includes butterflies and moths, reproduce through sexual reproduction. The female typically lays eggs on a suitable host plant, which hatch into caterpillars. The caterpillars undergo metamorphosis, forming a chrysalis or cocoon and eventually emerging as adult butterflies or moths.


What is the structure from which monarch butterflies emerge?

A butterfly comes out of a pupa or chrysalis.


How do you know a chrysalis is about to hatch?

Caterpillars make a chrysalis when they are ready to transform, they do this during the fall and winter time, then come out in the spring. ^_^ HOPE DIS HELPS!!!


How does a butterfly makes it young ones?

A butterfly lays eggs, usually on the underside of leaves, which hatch into caterpillars. The caterpillars then feed and grow, forming a chrysalis where they undergo metamorphosis and finally emerge as adult butterflies.