#pupating

[pallanophblargh]

I got really lucky in terms of timing: the last of the seven cecropia kids has begun their cocoon! Which means I won’t have to worry about them when I go on vacation in a few days. I’m gonna miss them so so so much, you have no idea.

If I get lucky next year and get a female moth out of these seven and she finds a mate, I’d like to raise more of these sweet little babies next year.

Fingers crossed that I get to see all of them emerge in a year!

[hannahmcgill]

Just...scrunching up the old body like a dirty sock, I guess

(why are caterpillars like this??)

[img id] Digital art of a monarch butterfly caterpillar in the middle of pupating. The style is cel-shaded with delicate thin lineart. The caterpillar's striped body is split open like it has a seam starting with where the head used to be, with the hard green shell of the cocoon poking out. The caterpillar's stripes alternate chaotically between peach, white, and black, with some transparency showing the shell peeking out of the thinnest parts of the skin. The very top of the caterpillar, its very hind legs are wrinkling up with discarded loose skin. A watermark below the artwork reads 'http://hmcgill.art'. [/id]

[marcelinethedepressedqueen]

The Creature is Pupating

[cloudys-garden]

For the first time ever I’ve found ladybug larvae in my garden! These beneficial bugs prey on aphids in both their larval and adult stages so I am very excited that they’re living in my tomatoes.

Today I discovered that one of them has pupated on the outside of a tomato pot! A short while later another larva appeared in its pre-pupa stage. I looked around the pots for more and found another pupa on the shady side. All three are on the same tomato pot: the one that gets the most sun. Two of them will be in direct sun while they pupate and I hope they don’t get too hot, but I trust that they know what they’re doing!

I really, really hope I get to watch one of them emerge! I don’t know how long it’ll take before they’re ready, but I’ll keep checking them and find out!

Top photo: July 7; middle and bottom: July 10

[hannahmcgill]

Small Headache

[img id] Digital art of a caterpillar suspended upside down, beginning to pupate. The style is cel-shaded with delicate, thin lineart and naturalistic (but not entirely accurate) proportions and details. The caterpillar's body appears stuffed full like a sausage, to the point that the chrysalis inside seems to have popped the body's seam along the head. The caterpillar's antennae dangle limp from the sides of is head, its feet appear to be deflating, and its butt is scrunched up like a dirty sock. It's like the body is going to slip off the shell. You're welcome! Watermark at the bottom: http://hmcgill.art. [/id]

[westernhoneyvee]

Really telling that nobody wants to talk about the pupa to butterfly pipeline 

[mattdeford]

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[monmorgandy]

Monarch Caterpillar, Chrysalis by Teddy Llovet Via Flickr: Aug-Sept 2015 My Monarch Project - Caterpillar pupating chrysalis Monarch Butterflies raised in a controlled situation on an outside milkweed plant that was netted so the caterpillars inside it would form a 'J' and then a chrysalis inside the plant area. 10 to 14 days later the butterfly would eclose (emerge) from the chrysalis to view. After one or more hours its wings would be dry and hard enough for flight. Click on link, then click on TV icon at upper right to see slideshow. www.flickr.com/photos/teddyllovet/albums/72157658865315479