# 27/366 Blog Photo Challenge : The Soon to be Butterfly

366 Blog Photo Challenge January 28th, 2012 | 11 Comments »

The pupa is the stage in a butterfly’s (or moth’s) life when it is encased in a chrysalis and undergoing metamorphosis. It does not eat during this stage.

The pupa stage lasts from a few days to many months (some butterflies overwinter in the pupa stage, and the adult emerges in the spring).

BUTTERFLIES
The pupa of a butterfly is called a chrysalis (derived from the Greek word for gold). The chrysalis of many butterflies (like the Nymphalidae and Satyridae families) are suspended from a silk pad and abdominal hooks. Others (like like swallowtails and sulphurs) also have a silk girdle supporting their mid-section. About a day before the adult butterfly emerges, the chrysalis of many species (including the monarch) becomes transparent.

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11 Responses to “# 27/366 Blog Photo Challenge : The Soon to be Butterfly”

  1. Rcel says:
    January 28, 2012 at 8:25 pm

    Yay! I’m learning Science! Guess what, my daughter would love to read this informative post of yours! Great picture by the way! Smile

    Visiting for BPC #27
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  2. Jessica Cassidy says:
    January 28, 2012 at 9:59 pm

    that is so neat Sis Loue Smile very interesting, love butterflies especially in the summer Smile Return the visit from #27 of BPC, hope that you can return the visit too.
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  3. Mrs.D says:
    January 28, 2012 at 11:08 pm

    agoy, very informative kau sis…I learned something today…this soon to be a beautiful butterfly!
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  4. Pinx says:
    January 29, 2012 at 12:43 am

    wow! rare moment to capture nature! BPC 27 visit!
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  5. Leah H. says:
    January 29, 2012 at 12:48 am

    Calamansi na sya,sis? Thank’s for sharing about aning pupa to butterfly..

    Visiting for # 27 BPC! Hope you can stop bySmile

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  6. Anygen says:
    January 29, 2012 at 3:40 am

    aya pasaylua sis, super hadlukan ko aning mga hayupa… lol.. but they are cute.. but dili lang jud nako sila carry tutukan..

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  7. raya says:
    January 29, 2012 at 4:32 am

    wow! very nice capture of that pupa! thanks for the visit, Lou!
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  8. Shydub says:
    January 29, 2012 at 5:07 am

    science teacher na d i ka karon ging hehehehe.
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  9. Chie says:
    January 29, 2012 at 10:00 am

    nice capture…i love butterflies!

  10. emzkie says:
    January 29, 2012 at 11:34 pm

    i dont see the chrysalis. but thanks for the information. pretty sure this place will be filled with beautiful butterflies
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  11. Mel Cole says:
    January 31, 2012 at 10:53 pm

    awww, its going to be a big butterfly soon Smile btw sis, diri ko nag-comment kay naa man diay timer imo comment section nu? hehehe
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