Do caterpillars have to become butterflies Do butterflies become caterpillars?

Not all caterpillars will turn into butterflies. Butterfly is a collective name for the phylum Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera, and Hammerhorn suborders. There are about 14,000 species in the world, most of which are distributed in the Americas, especially in the Amazon basin, where there are 1,200 species.

Butterflies are generally brightly colored, with many stripes on their bodies, rich in color, and various spots on their wings and body.

After butterfly larvae bite through the egg shell and hatch out, some species take a break and eat the host plant directly; Some species (e.g. red-eyed bamboo) feed on egg shells and then plants. There are also some species that need to feed on the old epidermis shed during each molt, such as the butterfly and the butterfly.

The larvae of some butterflies often have the habit of hiding in the nest with leaves, and the method of leaf decoration varies according to the insect species, some have one leaf, some have several leaves, and each has its own style or technique. Banana butterfly larvae can stick the edge folds of banana leaves into nests and live in seclusion, while rice butterflies often nest in several leaves. The larvae that have nesting habits or swarm habits are all close to the perch, never far away, and immediately retreat into the nest to hide when alarmed, which is completely different from the habitat habits of ordinary butterflies.

Caterpillars don't necessarily turn into butterflies.

Not all caterpillars turn into butterflies, and some turn into moths. Caterpillars are the larvae of lepidopteran insects, and there are many species, the more common ones are hairy caterpillars, usually lamp moths, dead leaf moths, and poisonous moths. They undergo several molts as they grow, and then when they grow to a certain extent, they pupate and slowly turn into butterflies or moths within the pupae.

Caterpillars generally refer to the larvae of lepidopteran (moths and butterflies). It has 3 pairs of thoracic feet, most of the gastropods and caudal feet are 5 pairs, and some larvae have a lot of poisonous bristles, and people will be red and swollen when they touch it. There are about 112,000 species of caterpillars, including moths and butterflies.

Some can be used as bait and feed fish. Caterpillars are often active in leaves, trunks, and other places, and are more common in spring and summer.

Caterpillar hazards

There is also a species of caterpillar called the Highly Poisonous Twelve, which contains highly toxic in its body. This is a moth larva that lives in southern Brazil. Although we had been mentally prepared for the disgusting appearance of the caterpillar, the disgusting appearance of the Brazilian caterpillar still scared me.

From its beautiful protective color, you can know that its toxicity should not be underestimated.

Caterpillars are widely distributed and are found on various trees. When you go to the tree to cool off, you should wear a wide-brimmed straw hat or a measuring measure cherry hat, wear long-sleeved clothes, and do not stay under a tree with caterpillars. If there are caterpillars on the body accidentally, do not slap indiscriminately, you should gently shake it off, if it is stained with poisonous hairs, you can use medical tape to stick the poisonous hairs.

If you can't find the medical adhesive tape for a while, you can use transparent adhesive tape instead.

The above content refers to Encyclopedia - Caterpillars.

The caterpillar will become a butterfly because the caterpillar is a larva of a butterfly, and after hatching from the egg, it grows to a certain stage and forms a cocoon into a pupa at a certain stage, and finally becomes a butterfly. Moreover, the pupal is the third developmental stage in the life history of butterflies, also known as the transition period. Caterpillars need to molt 5 times in their lifetime, and each time they grow much larger than the original.

The transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly is a relatively long process, and it is a painful metamorphosis. Generally, when the temperature is suitable, the butterfly first lays its eggs on the leaves, about 200 eggs at a time, and the reason why it chooses this place to lay eggs is that after the eggs hatch and become insects, there is enough food to eat, that is, leaves.

Freshly fledged butterflies are wet, with small and very delicate wings. Then, the butterfly will crawl to a suitable position to remain still, and continue to fill the wing veins with blood to make the wings (the wing veins are developed from the dorsal blood vessels of the larvae), and the wings will gradually harden after that, so that the butterfly can fly. The whole process of feathering takes 1 2 h for large butterflies, and about 20 min for small butterflies such as gray butterflies or butterflies.

During the feathering process, the butterfly's abdomen excretes dark red excrements called pupal stools.