The white capsules on its back are the pupal stage of the tiny wasp. Braconid larvae fed on the insides of this hornworm, have now completed that feeding, and are preparing to emerge as tiny wasps.

maintains the insect in an immature state as long as it is present. But when it is absent, the caterpillar transforms first to a pupa, and then to the adult stage. In a way that we don’t ...

pupa and adult) within a few months to a year. Losing months during winter is significant. And so, insects simply pause their development during hibernation. Which life stage species hibernate in ...

It is also occasionally imported into Britain, mainly on dried fruit and nuts. Like other insects, varied carpet beetles pass through four different stages: egg, larva, pupa and adult. The females lay ...

Ant pupae—which are equivalent to the chrysalis stage of the butterfly—produce a milklike substance derived from molting fluid that is eaten by both adult ants and larvae. Typically, when insects molt ...