Impregnated female codling moths lay their eggs on the tree’s leaves and developing fruit. The tiny white eggs will hatch within a ... emerges to spin another cocoon to begin another codling ...

Found in the Mediterranean region, the young caterpillars of the Heterogynis penella species eat their own mothers as soon as they hatch. The female moths don't have legs or wings, so they can never ...

He showed us some cocoons that were nearly ready to hatch, and Mark Payne-Gill, our cameraman who had a deep love for atlas moths in common ... out of the top of the cocoon. Scrambling and ...