Are butterflies and moths caterpillars?

Butterflies and moths belong to the order Lepidoptera, the larval stage of butterflies, bright colors, smooth body surface, pupation does not make cocoons, hanging with silk or hanging upside down on branches. The larval stage of the moth is simple in color and has more body surface hair, and when it wants to pupate, it burrows into the soil to make a room, or spits silk between the branches and leaves to make a cocoon.

The methods of moths and butterfly larvae are as follows:

1. Distinguish from the appearance

See if it pupates into cocoons, butterfly larvae do not make cocoons, and moth larvae make cocoons; Butterfly larvae have a smooth body surface, while moth larvae have more body hairs; Butterfly larvae are brightly colored, and moth larvae are simple in color.

2. Distinguish from the way of work and rest:

Butterfly larvae like silk to hang up or hang upside down on branches, while moth larvae burrow between branches and leaves to spin silk into cocoons.

It is very difficult for non-specialists to distinguish whether a caterpillar is a butterfly larvae or a moth larvae. Professionals mainly distinguish from the number, length and arrangement of toe hooks, the arrangement of valves, and the number of hair sequences and gastropods.

Although it is not easy to distinguish between the larvae of butterflies and moths, we know that the most annoying caterpillars must be the larvae of the moth family, which have chilling poisonous hairs, and although the larvae of moths are not all poisonous, the poisonous caterpillars are almost always the larvae of the moth family.

Butterfly larvae are cute and charming, they are huge, round and fleshy. Although they don't have the poisonous hairs like pine caterpillars and spicy peppers to protect themselves, they have a unique secret ** "stinky gland".

The larvae of the dead leaf moth are covered with thick hairs, and some species are bright and eye-catching, while others are gray like tree bark. The pine caterpillar is the larvae of a leaf dead moth. It is covered with long, short white, black, or brown furs, arranged in tufts on its back.

Butterfly larvae are mostly hairy or brightly colored, and moth larvae are ugly and fat. Another is that butterfly larvae do not spin silk into cocoons, but only use a few strands of silk to hold themselves in place, and then gradually harden and become a pupae. The larvae of the moth are to spin silk and make cocoons to wrap themselves.

I think they all have them, first they become moths, then they become butterflies.

Butterflies are not caterpillars. 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 found in the Americas, especially in the Amazon Basin.

There are 1200 species in China. 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.