Here's what you might not know about what's inside a caterpillar's "cocoon." Contrary to popular ... Before the chrysalis stage, these discs were kept dormant by a series of hormones in the ...

Watch a Monarch caterpillar go through metamorphosis and become a gorgeous butterfly. In this awe-inspiring timelapse, we see ...

The caterpillar crawls away from the milkweed plant in search of a safe spot to begin the pupa stage of the monarch butterfly life cycle. It uses spinnerets near its mouth to create a tiny silken pad.

This is called the larva stage ... It builds itself a cocoon to hide in but inside all sorts of changes are happening. After several days an adult butterfly will emerge and the whole life cycle ...

Breaking the Cocoon to Become a Butterfly: How Substitutes Revived the Home Team's Hope ...