how long dose it take for a caterpiller to change into a butterfly?

Question

my daughter has caught a catterpiller and it has changed into a cocoon form it has been like this for 7 days now. she wants to watch it turn to a butterfly, and come out of the cocoon but i don't know how long it's going to take, can anyone answer my question as my daughter won't stop going on bout it!

Answer 1

The length of time for the pupa stage is dependent on light and temperature. Most are in the pupa stage at least a couple weeks, some up to seven months

Answer 2

It depends on the species. Some only take a couple of weeks.

My son had a huge cocoon attached to a twig with leaves still on it once. It was in his little bugkeeper container, and sat in his room for about 3 years. We thought whatever was in it was dead. We were stunned when one day after coming in from work and school the thing had hatched and was alive. It was huge, maybe the size of an older child's or small adult's hand outstretched, and brown with various spots. We have never seen anything like it before or since - even looked online to try to figure out what it was, to no avail.

We let it go on the back porch, where we could watch it for a while to see how it did. It seemed okay, but the next day we found it dead on the porch, poor thing.

Answer 3

It took mine about 9 months and by then i lost all interest so my dad put it in the garage which was a bad mistake because later on that month we checked on it because we cleaned out the garage and of course, we forgot about the poor thing and it dies from starvation and alot of other things i felt so bad. and the worst part was that i did the two times. Gosh you think the first time i'd know better.

Answer 4

14 days

Answer 5

I have had a caterpillar in a jar for 2 years and nothing has happened, I think it may be dead.

Answer 6

Depends how quickly you get it into a telephone box.

Answer 7

I think 3days