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There are no characteristics to tell if caterpillar is going to be a moth or butterfly. The best way to determine if it is a moth or butterfly is to look at the caterpillar's distinctive markings to see if you can make a species specific identification.
The pupa stage is the stage of the caterpillar. The monarch caterpillars colours are black, white and yellow. You would find them on milkweed, which is not much of a weed. So once again, the word pupa means caterpillar. :)
Just that- you have a white caterpillar! No need to move under a rock anytime soon. :)
In about 10 days, you can see the larvae entering the Chrysalis stage.
what kind of caterpiller is bright yellow with black strip down its back
My science teacher informed me on this very day the answer to the very question. I don't know if this is the answer to your exact question, but I believe it is close. Most people believe it is Granite, but it is not. The answer to your specific question is different. The real answer is actually marble. Think of it as a caterpillar. The caterpillar is the limestone, then the caterpillar becomes a butterfly. The butterfly would be the answer to your question.I hope that you have read this passage carefully, because if you just skimmed this, you may end up with a false answer. For if you read the entire passage, you will see what I am talking about
Yes; butterflies can see a much wider variety of colours than people can because they can see ultraviolet light.
No. Insect (and thereby butterfly) development knows four stages; egg, larvae, pupa, adult. The caterpillar is the butterfly's larva. The pupa is the chrysalis, the immobile hanging thing in which the larva (caterpillar) changes into the winged adult (butterfly). ^^ All metamorphing insects do the same, including for example flies (egg, maggot, pupa, fly) and bees (egg, larva, pupa, adult, but in the hive so you don't see!).
Poisonous butterflies live on poisonous plants and collect the compounds from their host when the are a caterpillar (larva). Poisonous butterflies are often imitated (mimicry) by non-poisonous species, so the difference is sometimes very hard to see.
It is interesting you ask that way because you see, butterfly wings are made up of tiny scales. They come off easily when touched, but are meant to do that so they can more easily escape from predators. Now what makes up these scales are dead cells, similar to what makes up are hair. I've read several theories over the make up of the patterns and colors on their wings as a result of how these scales are put together in the chrysalis (pupae). Most of them agree that these dead cell scales are the result of the leftover cells from the caterpillar stage, to an extent the waste of the caterpillar and not so much their poop. What happens in the chrysalis is a chemical alteration (hormonal changes) that "deactivate" caterpillar cells and "activate" butterfly cells. I hope this answered your question, if you have anymore please feel free to contact me to ben@benthebutterflyguy.com
There are over 70 different species of caterpillars and butterflies, but I strongly believe that the caterpillar you are describing is simply the Monarch Butterfly, one of the most well-known species of butterfly on Earth. The caterpillar of such, is all black with different shades of orange and yellow stripes lining its back and neck. It has two tiny antenna on its black head. See attached page for more information: http://www.monarch-butterfly.com/