Researchers have developed robotic wings that mimic the movement of butterfly wings using only magnetic fields, with no need for batteries or electronics. Inspired by the endurance and efficiency of ...

For both sexes, the ventral wing surface is chalky white ... LIFE CYCLE: Typically, within 24 hours of mating, a female butterfly will lay single eggs into buckwheat flower heads. Roughly a week later ...

The monarch butterfly life cycle begins with a whirl of wings in the heat of the summer sun. As a female monarch sips nectar from a wildflower, a male hovers nearby. A pheromone is released from ...

Its flashy red or orange wings make the Florida leafwing butterfly easy to spot in flight ... which means that the bodies of the females and males are different; in this case, female butterflies are ...