Butterfly vs Moth
Fun Facts about caterpillars that turn into butterflies.
⚡ Furry caterpillars mostly become moths.
⚡ Caterpillars with spikes become butterflies.
⚡ Smooth skin caterpillars are difficult to predict. They can turn out to be either butterflies or moths.
⚡ There are 9 times more types of moths compared to butterflies.
⚡ Most caterpillars molt (grow a new skin after shedding the old skin) atleast 5 times.
⚡ Every time a caterpillar molts, its new skin has a different color and pattern.
Caterpillar Metamorphosis
Trivia Question: What happens inside a caterpillar cocoon?
⚡ Baby caterpillars are born with inactive butterfly cells.
⚡ Butterfly chrysalis is hard and tough, made of exoskeletan.
⚡ Moths come from silky cocoons that match the plant, keeping it camouflaged.
⚡ Caterpillars fill the chrysalis or cocoon with saliva, and drown themselves in it.
⚡ Caterpillar cells dissolve to become a proteing soup and feed inactive butterfly cells.
⚡ Butterfly cells start multiplying and grow in to a butterfly.
