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Metamorphosis
Feb 8, 2015 22:29:35
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Photomacdog
Loc: San Francisco (Bay Area) California
From an egg laid by a Monarch Butterfly a pupa or caterpillar emerges. They eat voraciously and constantly, until they turn into a chrysalis.
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Feb 8, 2015 22:47:31
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DOOK
Loc: Maclean, Australia
Nice one. Good color rendition. :-) :D
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Feb 8, 2015 23:24:23
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Dixiegirl
Loc: Alabama gulf coast
Oh do they ever! Super shot of this one!
Photomacdog wrote:
From an egg laid by a Monarch Butterfly a pupa or caterpillar emerges. They eat voraciously and constantly, until they turn into a chrysalis.
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Feb 8, 2015 23:50:58
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Bob Yankle
Loc: Burlington, NC
This close they look downright ominous Photomacdog. Brave man ....
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Feb 9, 2015 03:09:17
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Nikonian72
Loc: Chico CA
A caterpillar is a larva; a chrysalis is a pupa.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larva
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pupa
Nice capture.
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Feb 9, 2015 08:23:58
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Linda From Maine
Loc: Yakima, Washington
Super shot!
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