Only certain moths build cocoons, which are like a silky sleeping bag that covers the insect. This, on the other hand, is what's called a chrysalis. It's not a sack or a pouch; it's actually the ...

Susan and Ted are creating an insect zoo, learning about various insects ... from egg to caterpillar to chrysalis. The children also build an ant house and care for their insects, discovering ...

In the case of a butterfly, the pupa is inside the chrysalis (other insects may spin cocoons or pupate in the soil) until the adult emerges. Adults mate and lay eggs. An insect with incomplete ...

The sterile insect technique is an environmentally-friendly insect pest control method involving the mass-rearing and sterilization, using radiation, of a target pest, followed by the systematic ...

The insect Anomala albopilosa has an exoskeleton that reflects circularly polarized light. Researchers at the University of ...

If undisturbed, the little caterpillar eventually makes its way out of the apple, and concealing Itself in a cranny of the bark, changes to a chrysalis. This insect is troublesome not only in the ...

With the bitterly cold temperatures we have experienced this winter, producers may be wondering if overwintering insect pests ...