The monarch butterfly life cycle begins with ... the female lays several hundred white eggs, no bigger than a pinhead, on any ...

We saw this butterfly on a leaf in our garden ... The summer one, which you have here, lays eggs on ivy. These eggs hatch out into caterpillars, feed on the ivy flowers and overwinter as chrysalises.

Butterflies also go through a lot of changes during their life cycle. The female butterfly lays her eggs on a leaf, out of which hatches a larva or caterpillar. The caterpillar feeds on the leaves ...

The winners of the 2024 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Contest bring an incredible look at the miniature details that ...

The 50th rendition of the annual competition showcases butterfly wings on the tips of needles and cells from mouse brains.

laying their own eggs inside an egg, caterpillar or pupa. Parasitoids start their lives as parasites, in or on the body of a host, but they end up as predators, eating the host entirely. Broad says, ...

In contrast, this summer conservationists counted 750,000 large blue butterfly eggs. From those, they estimated that around 20,000 butterflies flew, making the south-west of England the largest ...

What about a viceroy butterfly (Limenitis archippus ... and many others found in the Great Plains need leaf litter over the winter. Eggs, chrysalis and cocoons may be on the leaves in your ...

• Keep fallen leaves in your yard. Spread them about 2 inches thick on all your garden beds and place branches over them to ...

Pollen contains much more protein than can be found in normal butterfly diets. The extra nutrients allow zebra butterflies to lay more eggs and survive far longer ... As caterpillars, a favourite meal ...

With vigorous debate surrounding the health of the monarch butterfly, new research may have answered the biggest question plaguing butterfly researchers. Why are the wintering populations declining ...

Butterfly Conservation has some spooky half term activities for the kids - with moth traps, masks, and more bug-based fun.