Monarch Butterfly Chrysalis

Monarch Butterfly Chrysalis

Monarch Butterfly Chrysalis

Monarch Butterfly Chrysalis

Monarch Butterfly Chrysalis

Monarch Butterfly Chrysalis

Monarch Butterfly Chrysalis

Monarch Butterfly Chrysalis

Monarch Butterfly Chrysalis




The Life Cycle(s) of a Monarch Butterfly

Monarch butterflies go through four stages during one life cycle, and through four generations in one year. It’s a little confusing but keep reading and you will understand. The four stages of the monarch butterfly life cycle are the egg, the larvae (caterpillar), the pupa (chrysalis), and the adult butterfly. The four generations are actually four different butterflies going through these four stages during one year until it is time to start over again with stage one and generation one.

In February and March, the final generation of hibernating monarch butterflies comes out of hibernation to find a mate. They then migrate north and east in order to find a place to lay their eggs. This starts stage one and generation one of the new year for the monarch butterfly.

In March and April the eggs are laid on milkweed plants. They hatch into baby caterpillars, also called the larvae. It takes about four days for the eggs to hatch. Then the baby caterpillar doesn’t do much more than eat the milkweed in order to grow. After about two weeks, the caterpillar will be fully-grown and find a place to attach itself so that it can start the process of metamorphosis. It will attach itself to a stem or a leaf using silk and transform into a chrysalis. Although, from the outside, the 10 days of the chrysalis phase seems to be a time when nothing is happening, it is really a time of rapid change. Within the chrysalis the old body parts of the caterpillar are undergoing a remarkable transformation, called metamorphosis, to become the beautiful parts that make up the butterfly that will emerge. The monarch butterfly will emerge from the pupa and fly away, feeding on flowers and just enjoying the short life it has left, which is only about two to six weeks. This first generation monarch butterfly will then die after laying eggs for generation number two.

The second generation of monarch butterflies is born in May and June, and then the third generation will be born in July and August. These monarch butterflies will go through exactly the same four stage life cycle as the first generation did, dying two to six weeks after it becomes a beautiful monarch butterfly.
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Amazing Butterfly Chrysalis Photos and Info

Amazing Butterfly Chrysalis Photos and Info

Butterfly Chrysalis Info

Butterfly Chrysalis Info



Butterfly Chrysalis Info


Butterfly Chrysalis Info 

Butterfly Chrysalis Info
Butterfly Chrysalis Info




A chrysalis (the Latin chrysallis, from Greek χρυσαλλίς = chrysallís, pl: chrysalides) or nympha is the pupal stage of butterflies. The term is derived from the metallic gold-colouration found in the pupae of many butterflies, referred to by the Greek term χρυσός (chrysós) for gold.

When the caterpillar is fully grown, it makes a button of silk which it uses to fasten its body to a leaf or a twig. Then the caterpillar's skin comes off for the final time. Under this old skin is a hard skin called a chrysalis.

Because chrysalides are often showy and are formed in the open, they are the most familiar examples of pupae. Most chrysalides are attached to a surface by a Velcro-like arrangement of a silken pad spun by the caterpillar, usually cemented to the underside of a perch, and the cremaster, a hook-shaped protuberance from the rear of the chrysalis at the tip of the pupal abdomen by which the caterpillar fixes itself to the pad of silk.

Like other types of pupae, the chrysalis stage in most butterflies is one in which there is little movement. However, some butterfly pupae are capable of moving the abdominal segments to produce sounds or to scare away potential predators. Within the chrysalis, growth and differentiation occur. The adult butterfly emerges (ecloses) from this and expands its wings by pumping haemolymph into the wing veins. Although this sudden and rapid change from pupa to imago is often called metamorphosis, metamorphosis is really the whole series of changes that an insect undergoes from egg to adult.

When the butterfly emerges from the chrysalis, usually it will sit on the empty shell in order to expand and harden its wings. However, if the chrysalis was near the ground (such as if it fell off from its silk pad), the butterfly would find another vertical surface to rest upon and harden its wings (such as a wall or fence).

Moth pupae are usually dark in color and either formed in underground cells, loose in the soil, or their pupa is contained in a protective silk case called a cocoon.

It is important to differentiate between pupa, chrysalis and cocoon. The pupa is the stage between the larva and adult stages. The chrysalis is a butterfly pupa. A cocoon is a silk case that moths, and sometimes other insects, spin around the pupa.

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Butterfly Chrysalis

Butterfly Chrysalis
Butterfly Chrysalis

Butterfly Chrysalis

Butterfly Chrysalis

Butterfly Chrysalis

Butterfly Chrysalis

Butterfly Chrysalis




The chrysalis is a perfect example of form and function. Many chrysalids of different species of butterflies reflect the habitat in which they are found. If the pupa winters over among dead brown leaves it is likely to look like or mimic a dead leaf. If the insect pupates when foliage is green it may be green or look like any number of natural objects such as bark, lichen or a leaf.

Look closely and notice the areas on the chrysalis where the anatomy of the butterfly will deveop. Notice how the butterfly form is facing downward. This is how it will emerge. Everything has its plan, beauty, purpose and function.

The pupal stage of the monarch is only about ten to fourteen days. Soon the colors will begin showing through the clear (not green) skin of the chrysalis.

About two weeks have gone by since the caterpillar turned into a chrysalis. This time of inactivity is misleading for, in reality, the inward workings within the pupa have been orchestrating the makings of the destined butterfly to come. Now new colors begin to appear as the chrysalis begins to darken.
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Monarch Butterfly Amusing Caterpillar Wallpapers

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Monarch Butterfly Amusing Caterpillar Pictures

Monarch Butterfly Amusing Caterpillar Pictures

 

 

 

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Cecropia Moth Caterpillar Beautiful Pictures and Wallpaper

Cecropia Moth Caterpillar Beautiful Pictures and Wallpaper

Cecropia Moth Caterpillar Beautiful Picture

Cecropia Moth Caterpillar Beautiful Wallpaper



This I got from one of the best photo site, this caterpillar has won the butterfly summer photo contest too, and I'm glad to share this and to save please select Save Page As, thanks.

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Best Beautiful Butterfly

Best Beautiful Butterfly Pictures 
Best Beautiful Butterfly Pictures

Best Beautiful Butterfly Pictures

Best Beautiful Butterfly Pictures

Best Beautiful Butterfly Pictures

Best Beautiful Butterfly Pictures

Best Beautiful Butterfly Pictures

Best Beautiful Butterfly Pictures




Best butterfly pictures and photo contest, Here I got ones of them from the Flickr photo contest, and they make me amazed with it's precious photography, in the pictures above I post double monarch butterfly, butterfly in deep motion, butterfly on the flowers, best butterfly swallowtail, and the other best butterfly photos.

Actually I make this post because it's related with my new name of this blog that is best-butterfly.blogspot.com, because it has changed from the formerly name best-butterflies.blogspot.com.

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