Daily Mail

Woman, 19, returns rare Atlas moth with 12-inch wingspan to butterfly farm after being accused of theft when she took cocoon home and it hatched in her bedroom

A rare Atlas moth with a 12-inch wingspan has been returned after being stolen from a butterfly farm. Paige Firkins, 19, gloated online that she 'kinda took the biggest cocoon' during a trip to ...
Business Insider

What's inside a caterpillar cocoon and butterfly chrysalis

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: What would you do for the power to fly? How about shedding your skin and dissolving your own muscles? Now, believe it or not, that gruesome process is ...
The Mirror

Butterfly farm hits back at woman, 19, who stole cocoon and hatched rare Atlas moth in her bedroom

A zoo branded a teen's behaviour 'criminal' after she bragged about taking a butterfly cocoon from their sanctuary - only for it to HATCH in her bedroom. Shameless Paige Firkins gloated online that ...
Daily Mail

Police launch probe after woman, 19, boasts of taking cocoon from butterfly farm which then hatched into rare Atlas moth in her bedroom - only for sanctuary bosses to accuse ...

Police have launched a probe after after a teenager boasted about taking a rare cocoon from a butterfly sanctuary - only for it to hatch into a moth in her bedroom. Paige Firkins gloated online that ...
MyJoyOnline

The shiny cocoons of an exotic butterfly that look like gold jewels

Butterfly pupae are easy targets for predators in search of an easy protein-rich meal, and one would think that the flashier the cocoon, the higher the chances of being spotted and eaten, but the ...