What Does a Hackberry Emperor Look Like? What type of butterfly is this? asks reader Andrea Rickard of Helena, Ohio. Kenn ...

(Beyond Pesticides, April 23, 2020) Pesticide spray drift from adjacent farmlands expose butterfly larvae to lethal pesticide concentrations, according to research published in Environmental ...

Then, watch firsthand as the larva builds either a cocoon or chrysalis and emerges as a moth or butterfly, respectively. Remember to identify the adult before you release it back outdoors!

Parasitic butterfly larvae may mimic ants' acoustic signals to aid in the infiltration of their host colonies, according to results published April 9, 2014, in the open access journal PLOS ONE by ...

Since 2017, Butterfly Pavilion has been working to raise Colorado fireflies; this year, they successfully replicated the ...

The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 89, No. 1 (Mar., 2006), pp. 69-74 (6 pages) Historical, anecdotal records of the state-endangered Miami blue butterfly, Cyclargus thomasi bethunebakeri (Comstock & ...

Incredibly detailed scenes of larva brains, butterfly scales and mini-crustacean claws — all captured through light microscopes — took some of the top prizes in the 2012 Olympus BioScapes ...

The larvae of many lycaenid butterflies (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) are tended by ants that protect them from natural enemies in return for sugar-rich secretions that the larvae produce to attract and ...