LIFE CYCLE: Thorne's hairstreak eggs are laid singly on the new growth of established Tecate cypress host plants and incubate for seven to 14 days. Pupation is in the duff and leaf litter at the base ...

In winter, the larvae enter a resting period (diapause). Outside. the cycle takes two summer seasons for the full development of adults. Pupation takes place in the second spring. However, indoors, ...

Here, the caterpillars rest and weave their cocoons for three days, until they fully empty their silk glands and enter pupation. Now it's time for the weaving process. To produce 1 kilogram of ...

Larvae pass through three instars before becoming pupae. Following pupation, the adult fly emerges from the pupa. Blow fly and flesh fly development differs slightly; most blow flies typically ...

Quino checkerspot butterfly larvae may undergo as many as seven molts prior to pupation. There is typically one generation of adults per year, with a flight period from late February through May.

The dreaded NWS is a fly larva that burrows into its host, tearing flesh as it goes, often killing the animal en route to ...

Female caterpillars produce silk to hold together plant material to construct their bags and tie off the top of the bags in fall to await pupation. The females die inside the bags over winter ...

All this fizzed out, though, as the bikes got a bit boring. Thankfully, Honda revived the Hornet after a long pupation stage ...

In March or April, their pupation complete, garden tiger moths will emerge as stunningly dark brown, white and bright orange moths. Unless, of course, some humans have come along and cleared away ...

All this fizzed out, though, as the bikes got a bit boring. Thankfully, Honda revived the Hornet after a long pupation stage in 2023 as the CB750 Hornet followed by the CB500 Hornet. They didn’t ...