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Monarch Butterfly Chrysalis Hanging on Leaf Macro, Selective Focus with Copy Space

Gypsy moth (Lymantria dispar) on a raspberry leaf closeup

Canadian Tiger Swallowtail caterpilar in its natural environment.

White caterpillar eggs have a hole in the middle of the egg and a white web around the egg. Many small white eggs next to each other on green leaf.

Thaumetopoea pityocampa nest in the pine

This caterpillars are very beautiful with feathers that bloom around their bodies with very attractive colors, but behind their beauty they are dangerous, because these feathers can cause skin blisters when touched.

A monarch caterpillar, hanging upside down, has just split from its skin and has transformed into a chrysalis. If you look closely, you can see that a wing pattern has already formed. So amazing!

Apple tree damaged by caterpillars of Brown tail moth Euproctis chrysorrhoea. Eaten leaves and damaged young, immature fruit. This is a pest of increasing importance in orchards, gardens and roadside alleys.

Beautiful brown caterpillar crawling on tree leaf

Caterpillar of the box tree moth (Cydalima perspectalis) on boxwood Buxus sempervirens. Close-up of striped pest on frech leaves. Biggest pest for Buxus Sempervirens, European box, or boxwood invasive

Close up of beautiful green stinging nettle slug caterpillar on green leaves

A monarch caterpillar, hanging upside down, ready to transform into a chrysalis. It's skin is beginning to split.

A close up of a Monarch Chrysalis in the garden.

Caterpillars of Box tree moth (Cydalima perspectalis) on Boxwood (Buxus sempervirens). In Europe, it is an alien and invasive pest species destroying boxwood shrubs.

$Aporia crataegi, the black-veined white, is a large butterfly of the family Pieridae. A. crataegi is widespread and common. Its range extends from northwest Africa in the west to Transcaucasia and across the Palearctic to Siberia and Japan in the east. In the south, it is found in Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Lebanon and Syria. It is not present in the British Isles and northern Scandinavia. \nDescription:\nThe black-veined white has a wingspan of 51 to 70 mm. Females are commonly larger than males. The upper side of both forewings and hindwings is a translucent white boldly veined with black. The underside is similar in the male but the female has brown veining. Moreover, the female loses most of her scales by rubbing her wings together, resulting almost-transparent.\nBiology:\nThe flight period of the black-veined white is between April and July. The adults are quite social and their abundance varies greatly from year to year. The eggs are laid on the food plant, usually a member of the rose family Rosaceae and often on trees and bushes.\nThe eggs are laid in groups of 30 to 100. They take about three weeks to hatch. The caterpillars tend to remain in a group with a communal larval web. This species has one generation each year. The caterpillars overwinter communally in a webbing tent with entwined leaves. Caterpillars feed close together on the leaves of the food plant at first, before dispersing in the later developmental stages to other parts of the tree. \nThe pupal stage lasts about three weeks.\n\nDistribution and habitat:\nIt occurs in open forest, grazing land, orchards. lanes, gardens, meadows and thickets throughout most of Europe. This species is extinct in the British Isles (source Wikipedia). \n\nThis Picture is made during a long weekend in the South of Belgium in June 2006.$

close up of oak processionary moth caterpillar on a plant

Green caterpillar Privet hawk moth (Sphinx ligustri) or moth butterfly (Sphingidae). Side view. Caterpillar close-up in foliage

A monarch caterpillar, hanging upside down, wriggles from its skin as it transforms into a chrysalis. If you look closely, you can already see the formation of wings. Shot with a Canon 5D Mark IV.

closeup of peleides blue morpho cocoons, green butterfly pupa, entomoculture background

Forest Tent Caterpillar in its natural environment. It is very invasive and destructive.

Oak processionary (Thaumetopoea processionea) caterpillars in a row on procession in june, the Netherlands

Silkworm and silkworm coocoons on mulberry leaves.

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