After two days, a fully developed adult mosquito forms and breaks through the skin of the pupa. The adult mosquito can fly and has a terrestrial habitat.

A life cycle is the journey of a living thing from ... it begins to make itself into a pupa or chrysalis. It builds itself a cocoon to hide in,but inside all sorts of changes are happening.

a sexually mature female butterfly lays her eggs on the leaves of plants The eggs enter a growth phase until they are ready to hatch as caterpillars Each caterpillar forms a chrysalis (pupa ...

The caterpillar crawls away from the milkweed plant in search of a safe spot to begin the pupa stage of the monarch butterfly life cycle. It uses spinnerets near its mouth to create a tiny silken pad.

This fascinating insect goes through an amazing life cycle consisting of four stages: egg, larvae, pupa, and adult. Some monarch butterflies migrate each year while others do not. As caterpillars ...