Retention of Memory through Metamorphosis: Can a Moth Remember What It Learned As a Caterpillar? (2008) User mddtsk, in the Verywhen subreddit, 18 Mar 2023
Let's torture some caterpillars, let them melt down and reassemble themselves, and see if the butterflies they turn in to remember it. (Spoiler: They do!) User Hazelnutpie19, in the Boredscientists subreddit, 04 Feb 2023
TIL that despite basically turning into a caterpillar soup during metamorphosis, moths and butterflies have been found to retain memories from their larval state. User Iamluluvoodoo, in the Today I Learned (TIL) subreddit, 03 Oct 2018
TIL associative memory survives metamorphosis in moths/butterflies (Lepidoptera). Meaning moths and butterflies remember aspects of caterpillar-life, despite effectively turning to goo in the metamorphosis. User peaceundivided, in the Today I Learned (TIL) subreddit, 09 Dec 2017
TIL Caterpillars may retain knowledge through metamorphisis User mekura3ohfizzle, in the Today I Learned (TIL) subreddit, 23 Jun 2016
Retention of Memory through Metamorphosis (paper by Douglas Blackiston) User ramphastidae, in the The Brain Scoop subreddit, 09 Jan 2014
Retention of Memory through Metamorphosis: Can a Moth Remember What It Learned As a Caterpillar? User rrowrrow, in the Entomology subreddit, 16 Jul 2011