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The world of a butterfly

The world of a butterfly

The transformation of a caterpillar into a butterfly is one of nature’s most amazing feats. These photographs show the development of an eastern black swallowtail butterfly from egg to larva to chrysalis to adult.

Photograph by Kathryn Walbert

Thanks to Richard Stickney, Butterfly Curator at the North Carolina Museum of Life and Science, for his help in developing this slideshow. This edition copyright ©2009. All Rights Reserved | About the photograph