Butterflies: Caterpillars with Wings!

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Butter-butter-butter-butter-butterfly...What would it be like to go through metamorphosis and become a butterfly? Our imaginations take flight In this episode inspired by the Super Simple Songs Butterfly, Ladybug, Bumblebee. The process of metamorphosis can take a while so we'll ...  Show more

Caterpillars go through a striking transformation from a crawly, tube-like creature into a soaring, beautifully-winged butterfly. This process is called metamorphosis and it’s no wonder our listeners have lots of questions about it. We’ll find out exactly how a caterpillar transf ...  Show more

Butterflies flit through life as the pride and joy of the insect world. But when we saw photos of butterflies swarming the eyes of turtles, we wondered if there was a dark side lurking behind all those flashy colors. Assistant Professor of Biology Chandreyee Mitra lets us in on t ...  Show more

Blowflies may be some of the most reviled insects on the planet, but as Erica McAlister discovers, they are central to the surprisingly long tradition of forensic entomology and how there's more than meets the eye in the distinctive structural colour of the morpho butterfly wing, ...  Show more