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Monarch Butterfly Chrysalis

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A monarch caterpillar is shown in 6 stages of shedding until the skin falls away and a chrysalis begins to take shape. The first stage happens after the caterpillar has fastened itself with silk to a branch and hangs in the shape of a J. Then the skin of the caterpillar slowly splits and moves upward until the crinkled skin drops off because of the wiggling movement of the caterpillar. What is left is a chrysalis which dries and shrinks a bit.

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Comments:

ErinDeGroot said:

Thank you!

2021-04-29 09:26

brandie-r-schieb said:

Wow, you can see the colors of the butterfly inside the cocoon!

2015-08-17 16:54

Carol Brooks said:

Great image of a chrysalis - will use on my website chrysalisdevelopment.co.uk

2015-01-07 12:50

Emily Dickson said:

Great picture! You can already see the wings!

2013-05-30 08:59

laura thomas said:

Perfect picture- just what I was looking for! Thanks :)

2013-02-27 16:28

AprilTaylor said:

Will be used in a kindergarten class vocabulary lesson.

2013-02-27 06:31

Jocelyn Ellis said:

Thank you. The butterfly hatched the very next day. You can actually see the pattern of the wings through the casing if you take a second look.

2011-05-29 10:45

Nathan Huston said:

Nice Photo. Looking for something to illustrate the idea of transforming or metamorphosis. Nice color.

2011-05-24 13:09

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