Chrysalis
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
Tumbler (pupa) of a mosquito. Unlike most pupae, tumblers can swim around actively.
Adult Hercus fontinalis emerging from cocoon
Eclosion of Papilio dardanus
Common crow butterfly (Euploea core) chrysalis illustrating the Ancient Greek origin of the term: χρυσός (chrysós) for gold
Dwarf birch spinner moth (Eriogaster arbusculae) cocoon
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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