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Moths vs. butterflies: Can you tell the difference?
Monarch butterfly chrysalis mourning cloak butterfly chrysalis spicebush swallowtail pupa flea life cycle Honeybee life cycle housefly life cycle life cycle of the monarch butterfly
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Moths vs. butterflies: Can you tell the difference?
Both belong to the order Lepidoptera.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Watch a caterpillar larva eat milkweed, form a pupa, and emerge as a monarch butterfly
Learn about the life cycle of the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus).
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

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chrysalis
A monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) about to emerge from its chrysalis....
© dossyl/Shutterstock.com
pupa
Cocoon of the Isabella tiger moth (Pyrrharctia isabella) opened to show...
Louis Quitt/Photo Researchers
Monarch butterfly chrysalis
Chrysalis of the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus).
© Index Open
mourning cloak butterfly chrysalis
Chrysalis of the mourning cloak butterfly (Nymphalis antiopa) suspended...
Louis Quitt/Photo Researchers
spicebush swallowtail pupa
Spicebush swallowtail (Papilio troilus) pupa supported head upward by a...
John H. Gerard
flea life cycle
Stages in the life cycle of fleas.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Honeybee life cycle
The life cycle of the honeybee.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
housefly life cycle
Life cycle of the housefly.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
life cycle of the monarch butterfly
Life cycle of the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus).
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Life cycle of the tortoise beetle.
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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