Eastern black swallowtail butterfly: Chrysalis with adult butterfly ready to emerge

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Creator: Kathryn Walbert

Date created: August 6, 2004
License: This photograph copyright ©2004. All Rights Reserved

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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. (Page 18)

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chrysalis with adult butterfly visible

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Before the adult butterfly emerges, the chrysalis becomes papery and translucent.

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