pupa: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	chrysalis • pupae

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A green monarch butterfly chrysalis hangs from a wooden surface, showing the pupa stage during metamorphosis.

Isabella tiger moth pupa

Monarch butterfly chrysalis

mourning cloak butterfly chrysalis

spicebush swallowtail pupa

Diagram showing the flea life cycle with labeled stages: white oval eggs, wormlike larvae, pupa within a cocoon, and a detailed adult flea, arranged in a circular sequence.

Diagram showing the life cycle of a honeybee, with stages from egg, larva, and pupa to adult emerging from a honeycomb cell. A queen bee lays an egg, a worker bee feeds the larva, and the adult bee emerges on day 21.

Housefly life cycle

life cycle of the monarch butterfly

Life cycle of the tortoise beetle.

Vintage illustrations of colorful moths.

Watch a caterpillar larva eat milkweed, form a pupa, and emerge as a monarch butterfly

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