Chrysalis
A common crow pupa.
A chrysalis is the pupa of a butterfly. The word chrysalis comes from the Greek language word for gold because butterflies often have a brighter pupa than other insects.
Chrysalis Media
Pupa of the rose chafer beetle, Cetonia aurata
Adult Hercus fontinalis, a species of parasitoid wasp, emerging from cocoon
Eclosion of an African swallowtail butterfly (Papilio dardanus)
Common crow butterfly (Euploea core) chrysalis illustrating the Ancient Greek origin of the term: χρυσός (chrysós) for gold
The tough brown cocoon of an emperor gum moth
Puparium of Eupeodes americanus
Parasitoid wasp Xenomorphia resurrecta inside a fossilized fly puparium, as revealed by X-ray microtomography
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