A butterfly is a flying insect known for its brightly colored wings and distinctive flight patterns. Belonging to the ...

Young children are often taught that caterpillars form a chrysalis and transform into butterflies. However, the exact details of metamorphosis aren’t always clarified due to the complicated biological ...

Predators are far more likely to attack adult moths than caterpillars, highlighting the protective power of metamorphosis.

Insects are integral to most freshwater and terrestrial food webs, but due to their accumulation of environmental pollutants they are also contaminant vectors that threaten reproduction, development, ...