The egg hatches into a caterpillar, whose main job is to eat and grow rapidly, often consuming its own eggshell first for nutrients.
In 1906, naturalist Albert Stewart Meek discovered a butterfly so large that it defied belief. Living high in the canopies of Papua New Guinea, the Queen Alexandra birdwing (Ornithoptera alexandrae) ...
Droves of folks are flocking to Mankato’s Children’s Museum of Southern Minnesota to see the returning butterfly exhibit and learn how to start their own at home. The exhibit opened last week to kick ...