The pupa is a transitional stage to the adult where its true legs, wings, and antennae form. In the case of a butterfly, the pupa is inside the chrysalis (other insects may spin cocoons or pupate in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...