Some insects are downright scary when you get a close look at them, but that's not the case when you look at butterfly wings ...

Most of us learned about butterfly metamorphosis as a kid—a ... go a step further and spin a special seatbelt around their thorax for extra security. But how strong is that silk, and what ...

There isn’t a big difference between a butterfly and a moth ... moth has a wing pattern that looks like a network, and its thorax (the scientific term for middle part of the body of an insect ...

DESCRIPTION: The monarch is a large orange butterfly that flies with its wings held in a ... The fourth instar is characterized by a new banding pattern on the thorax, and white spots on the prolegs ...