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  2. How Does a Caterpillar Turn into a Butterfly? - Scientific...

    www.scientificamerican.com/article/caterpillar-butterfly-metamorphosis-explainer

    To become a butterfly, a caterpillar first digests itself. But certain groups of cells survive, turning the soup into eyes, wings, antennae and other adult structures.

  3. How A Caterpillar Becomes A Butterfly | Here’s exactly how a caterpillar becomes a butterfly. Spoiler: Each step is weird, amazing and beautiful!Love Animals...

  4. How Does A Caterpillar Turn Into a Butterfly? - A-Z Animals

    a-z-animals.com/blog/how-does-a-caterpillar-turn-into-a-butterfly

    The process of transforming from a caterpillar into a butterfly isn’t as simple as just growing a few pairs of wings and maybe transforming a few parts of its body. Instead, the hardened chrysalis essentially serves as a container holding everything together as the caterpillar digests its own body.

  5. How caterpillars gruesomely transform into butterflies - ZME...

    www.zmescience.com/.../invertebrates/how-caterpillar-turn-butterfly-0534534

    For a caterpillar to turn into a butterfly, it digests itself using enzymes triggered by hormones. Then, sleeping cells (similar to stem cells) grow into the body parts of the future...

  6. See a Caterpillar Transform Into a Butterfly Up Close - National...

    www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/butterfly-wing-metamorphosis...

    A simple procedure on a caterpillar gives a unique look inside the formation of color in a butterfly wing. The transformation from caterpillar to butterfly usually happens quietly,...

  7. How do caterpillars turn into butterflies and moths through ...

    untamedscience.com/biology/ecology/ecology-articles/butterflies-metamorphosis

    First, a male butterfly meets a really cute female butterfly, and they mate. After the eggs are laid, they start developing into wee caterpillars. Instead of developing like most other animals do, caterpillars have something very special inside of them: imaginal disks.

  8. Metamorphosis, explained - National Geographic

    www.nationalgeographic.com/.../science-of-metamorphosis-butterflies-caterpillars

    How a caterpillar becomes a butterfly: Metamorphosis, explained. This incredible transformation has a purpose: Allowing insects at different life stages to avoid competing for food.

  9. 3-D Scans Reveal Caterpillars Turning Into Butterflies

    www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/3-d-scans-caterpillars-transforming...

    Within the chrysalis, an inching, cylindrical eating machine remakes itself into a beautiful flying creature that drinks through a straw. The transformation from caterpillar to butterfly is one...

  10. How does a caterpillar turn into a butterfly? - Discover Wildlife

    www.discoverwildlife.com/.../how-does-a-caterpillar-turn-into-a-butterfly

    The metamorphosis from caterpillar to butterfly is miraculous, but how does it actually work? What goes on inside that chrysalis? Get all the answers here!

  11. How does a caterpillar become a butterfly? - Brains On

    www.brainson.org/episode/2022/05/03/how-does-a-caterpillar-become-a-butterfly

    Caterpillars go through a striking transformation from a crawly, tube-like creature into a soaring, beautifully-winged butterfly. This process is called metamorphosis and it’s no wonder our listeners have lots of questions about it.