The Harvest Hair caterpillar pupates in just two weeks after hatching. When a caterpillar turns a dark color then it will soon pupate. Below are facts about the cocoon stage. In some cocoons or chrysalis you can see the wing veins through them. When a cocoon is brown it is old.
Scientists have very little information on the cocoon.
In China silk worms are a delicacy. When caterpillars are brightly colored they are usually poisonous. Here are a few facts on the last stage, the butterfly. It take about two hours and forty minutes for a butterfly to come out of its cocoon when its ready. Butterflies have tiny overlapping scales on their wings.