This metamorphosis is mostly seen in certain insect orders and is highly successful for their survival and development. Image source: BBC The process of a caterpillar transforming into a butterfly ...
While the insect retains the form of a caterpillar, each moult merely exchanges the old cuticle for a similar new one. But when the time comes for metamorphosis, caterpillar clothes are exchanged ...
After that, life for the little caterpillar gets oozy ... their chrysalis turns transparent in their final days of metamorphosis. Now, fully formed, it's time to hit the road.