• Question: how do catterpillars pupate?

    Asked by daxfoxy to Laura, Lily, Mark, Paul, Sarah on 22 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Lily Asquith

      Lily Asquith answered on 21 Jun 2010:

      I don’t know! But I really want to…

    • Photo: Mark Roberts

      Mark Roberts answered on 21 Jun 2010:

      I don’t really know as it isn’t my area of science

      Try looking at:
      http://www.butterfly-guide.co.uk/life/larva.htm

      As that might be the answer you want.

    • Photo: Sarah Bardsley

      Sarah Bardsley answered on 21 Jun 2010:

      Pupation is a total wonder of the earth isn’t it? One day it’s a fat wormy like creature which is a bit ugly. The next minute it’s the most beautiful flying insect. Anyway, they think a hormone in the body starts the whole thing off. And their entire insides are broken down into a dodgy soup. Then this is rebuilt into the body of the insect. Sometimes this happens while the pupa is hanging from a branch, other times it happens underground. When the insect emerges it dries its wings and then flies off!

    • Photo: Laura Maliszewski

      Laura Maliszewski answered on 22 Jun 2010:

      I didn’t know so I looked it up. You can learn about it too and see some cool pictures here: http://www.butterfly-guide.co.uk/life/pupate.htm

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