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The larvae – caterpillars – have a toughened (sclerotised) head capsule, chewing mouthparts, and a soft body, that may have hair-like or other projections, three pairs of true legs, and up to five pairs of prolegs. Most caterpillars are herbivores, but a few are carnivores (some eat ants, aphids, or other caterpillars) or detritivores. [2]
Eumaeus atala, also known as the Atala butterfly or coontie hairstreak, is a small colorful butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.It is found in southeastern Florida (including the Florida Keys) in the United States, Cuba, the Bahamas, and the Cayman Islands in the West Indies.
The morphology of scales has been studied by Downey & Allyn (1975) and scales have been classified into three groups, namely: [1] Hair-like or piliform. Blade-like or lamellar. Other variable forms. Primitive moths (non-Glossata and Eriocranidae) have 'solid' scales which are imperforate, i.e., they lack a lumen. [1] As per Scoble (2005): [1]
Butterflies have four requirements as they grow from egg, to caterpillar, to chrysalis, to finally emerge as a beautiful butterfly. The first requirement is protection from pesticides and herbicides.
Lepidoptera (/ ˌ l ɛ p ɪ ˈ d ɒ p t ər ə / LEP-ih-DOP-tər-ə) or lepidopterans is an order of winged insects which includes butterflies and moths.About 180,000 species of the Lepidoptera have been described, representing 10% of the total described species of living organisms, [1] [2] making it the second largest insect order (behind Coleoptera) with 126 families [3] and 46 superfamilies ...
To put things into perspective, butterflies have been around for over 56 million years. That means countless, magical metamorphoses from caterpillar to cocoon to their final form of the beautiful ...
Polyphenism in Lepidoptera is commonly seen in the form of seasonal morphs, especially in the butterfly families of Nymphalidae and Pieridae. An Old World pierid butterfly, the common grass yellow ( Eurema hecabe ) has a darker summer adult morph, triggered by a long day exceeding 13 hours in duration, while the shorter diurnal period of 12 ...
the numbers of pairs of pro-legs; sawfly larvae have 6 or more pairs while caterpillars have a maximum of 5 pairs. the number of stemmata (simple eyes); the sawfly larvae have only two, [7] while caterpillars usually have twelve (six each side of the head). the presence of crochets on the prolegs; these are absent in the sawflies.