Here's what you might not know about what's inside a caterpillar's "cocoon." Contrary to popular ... opportunity to do what they do best: build a butterfly. You see, each disc contains the genetic ...

The meadow brown butterfly’s Latin name is Maniola ... The Greeks saw the two as intrinsically linked – the emergence of the butterfly from the cocoon was the soul ascending from the body.

"I have a little brown cocoon of an idea that may possibly expand ... are much better known than their nocturnal counterparts ...

Luke Brown, manager of the Museum's butterfly house, says ... Adult atlas moths may be massive, but they do not feed at all after they have emerged from the cocoon. The proboscis, which other ...