If you see white caterpillars in trees, they could be Hyphantria cunea. When they morph into adults in northern areas, they usually have white wings. In the south they usually have white wings with dark spots on the fore-wings.
They loose some of their legs, They are left with wings.
An insect has six legs at all stages of its life. This includes caterpillars.
Yes, the moths wings are the same color as the leaves of its host plant/tree. The caterpillars are also the same color as the leaves.
1. caterpillars have no wings 2. butterflys can fly 3. butterflys can lay eggs 4. caterpillars blood is green 5. butterflies pollenate flowers, where as, the caterpillars eat trees is this ok ?
They grow wings by, well first they aren't butterflies they're caterpillars then they molt and wait for a couple of weeks or days. Then finally they are butterflies . By Pinkyoojin
The answer to the riddle is a "caterpillar." Caterpillars resemble their butterfly or moth parents in appearance, but they lack wings and reproductive organs. They are the larval stage of these insects and undergo metamorphosis to eventually develop into winged adults.
Easy black swallowtail caterpillars are smaller caterpillars. SwallowTail caterpillars are bigger than black swallow tail caterpillars
An insect that is yellow with black striped wings and has a hook on the bottom of its mouth might be a type of bee. The bumble bee has yellow and black markings and a hook near the mouth for gathering nectar.
That is a monarch caterpillar it will have orange and black on its wings
All butterfly and moth wings are damp when they hatch from their crysalis. If the interior of the crysalis was dry, they'd die. They need the moisture to keep supple; on hatching they gradually spread their wings until they become dry enough to fly.
A group of caterpillars is called an army of caterpillars.