T he large blue butterfly has a strange life. After munching on wild thyme flowers for a few days, it drops to the ground and ...
The milkweed plant is crucial to these butterflies. That’s because the female monarch butterfly lays her eggs on these plants. A single female can lay between 300 to 500 eggs over a two-to-five ...
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 ...
Me-ta-mor-pho-sis. When a male and a female butterfly reproduce, the female lays eggs somewhere safe. When these eggs hatch out, they become caterpillars. This is called the larva stage.
The monarch butterfly is easily identified by its bold orange, black and white coloring. This fascinating insect goes through an amazing life cycle consisting of four stages: egg, larvae ...