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Question by  Jared (22)

How is a butterfly's coloring determined?

Can you tell what it will look like when it's a caterpillar?

 
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Answer by  Ann89 (613)

The colors come about via pigments and via nanostructures. This can make the color incredibly intense. Is difficult to determine what it will look like as a caterpillar

 
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Answer by  jAG82 (236)

Coloring is determined by genetics. The colors it will have will depend on the surrounding breed as it well. Once it becomes a caterpillar their colors change.

 
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