During this period, the insect is resting and looks shriveled up and may even appear to be dead. An animal is prey when another animal hunts and kills it for food. The proboscis uncoils to sip food, and coils up again into a spiral when not in use. It consists of two halves which are joined together. The lepidopteran with the longest proboscis is the hawk moth.
Producers are the base of the food chain.
These legs disappear in the adult. When a butterfly lands on the ground and sips water from a puddle, it is called puddling. Male butterflies do more puddling than females. It does not eat during this stage. To pupate is to turn into and exist as a pupa.