#butterfly pupae

[onenicebugperday]

Epistrophus white morpho butterfly, Morpho epistrophus, Nymphalidae

Found in eastern South America

Photo 1 by ulisesbalza, 2 by jjbonannod, 3 by deboas, 4 by vinicius_s_domingues, 5 by gabrielamsouza, 6 by fredericosonntag, 7 by sitiocandeias, 8 by laura-_-, and 9-10 by calydna

#animals #curators on tumblr #insects #bugs #butterfly #caterpillar #larva #pupa #chrysalis #congregation #epistrophus white morpho #morpho #one nice bug #love those red fellas #fuzzy...

[puppyeared]

sketches for sleight's van, the Magicmobile ^_^

#I had a lot of fun designing this!!!!! #i used the volkswagen kombi van as the base model and drew inspiration from modded cars with high rides #to kinda mimic those old horsedrawn caravan wagons.. i tried to keep functionality in mind so the tire covers on the chassis have #grips for where you would put your feet if you were to get in the drivers seat kinda like those huge freight trucks.. and since the ride #height is a little high theres a pool ladder attached to the back to mimic a caravan and to help ppl get in from the back #also exciting coming up with the stage side door.. i dont know exactly how it would work but i imagine the handle at the top #has to be turned and pulled in order to set up the stage.. and then theres a locking mechanism to keep it in place..?? #theres also a stage curtain right behind the door where sleight would come out to do his performance so thats fun!!! #i dont have much to say abt the interior except i forgot to include the ladder which would help reach the skylight #the skylight is a little domed and i riffed that off the kombi camper too but its to contain his butterflies before and after shows ^_^ #the hatch is inspired by the net stormdoor at my aunts house.. kinda like chicken wire?? and then there are flowers and pupae #idk if im ever gonna get around to coloring this but im happy finally getting my ideas down and turning it in my head lol #my art #myart #my oc #oc #sleight #concept art #interior #laikas comet oc #fan character #doodles

[blackswallowtailbutterfly]

Papilio polyxenes--Black Swallowtail Butterfly Part 1

Been some years since I've raised these, but it was a fantastic experience to do so! All photos are mine, most unedited, except for the one on the chicory plant because it was pretty dull lighting and I wanted to bring out the colour.

They caterpillars were munching away in my grandmother's raised herb garden, so I took them in and raised them. Then when they hatched I put them on various flowers in her garden. In college when I brought the last of the season's pupas with me, I put the ones that hatched on the wildflowers outside.

The caterpillars have five instars (some people say only three; I say they aren't paying enough attention). They start off looking like bird shit and with each moult they get stripier until they're green or white with black stripes that have yellow spots. Then eventually they choose a spot, take a massive shit, string themselves up, do a dance, shuck their skin and then harden.

The pupas are either green or brown depending on their environment. They aren't completely immobile. They will jerk about if something irritates them.

When the butterflies hatch it takes a little time for them to work up to flying. In that window, you can stage them and get your photos in before they take off.

The darker adults with the larger blue areas are female and the ones with the broader yellow stripes are the males. Most of mine ended up female. I personally think the females are prettier with their black and blue, but the males are still very attractive butterflies as well. See him face on the red geraniums. :)

Hand pictured is mine. lol

#my photos #my butterflies #photography #raising butterflies #blackswallowtailbutterfly #black swallowtail butterfly #Papilio polyxenes #butterflies #moths and butterflies #lepidopterans #lepidoptera #insects #caterpillars #beautiful animals #baby animals #female black swallowtail #butterfly larvae #insect larvae #baby butterflies #pupas #chrysalis #pupa #flowers #butterflies on flowers #butterfly wings #butterfly face

[thethingything]

that post about the weird biology facts that surprise people got me thinking about this again so I guess I'm making a post about it.

one misconception I see a lot about caterpillars is that they completely turn into goo when they pupate which isn't quite true.

parts of their body do get digested, but stuff like the digestive system, tracheal system, and at least some of the central nervous system stay intact but get restructured during pupation.

this article has a very good explanation of what actually goes on in there: https://askentomologists.com/2015/01/14/what-happens-inside-a-cocoon/

#thoughts #🍬 post #caterpillars #butterflies #moths #I ended up reading a bunch of stuff about this a while ago while trying to figure something else out #and it's so difficult to research because everything's like ''oh they completely turn to goo!'' #but you can find MRI and CT scans of the insides of pupae showing the structures in there that haven't turned to goo

[scrawnytreedemon]

The more I think about it, the more I get the impression that Zant's getup, while certainly reptillian, feels more like a stylised pupa.

Potential moodboard [rough] coming. Maybe.

#[MOODBOARD IN THE REBLOGS] #scrawny rambles #tloz #twilight princess #zant #thoughts #i've had the idea of potential butterfly imagery for his helmet for over a year at this point #only now have i considered applying it elsewhere #it's probably just my imagery obsessed brain but it feels like it makes sense #pupae very much mark the boundary of transition and rebirth #a transition zant anticipates while facilitating the rebirth ganondorf takes #also this is entirely headcanonny fanficcy bs but it feels reminiscent of a psychopomp/charon-esque figure #my idea is that zant was some sort of executioner/dealer of the dead among other things #completely talking out of my ass here i just think it slaps #¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[crazycaterpillarlady]

To all of my new followers! Congratulations 🎊 you have arrived at the perfect moment! Two new monarch butterflies will eclose tomorrow morning!

I am on an overnight shift and will probably miss their eclosure, so I suggest looking back at earlier posts from this summer. I believe I even have a video!

I will check the weather tomorrow to figure out when the best time to release will be!

Here are all of the chrysalis safely hung out of the way of any caterpillar.

#monarch #chrysalis #butterfly #monarch butterfly #pupa

[quibbs126]

What if the Mewmans from Star vs, instead of being basically humans with some butterfly things and cheek marks, were like a species of butterfly monsters that imitate humans in appearance? Like they look like humans for the most part, but are in fact caterpillars/butterflies?

I know that the Mewmans are basically a magically evolved form of humans, and I’m not sure how these Mewmans would come to imitate humans since they don’t live on Mewni, but it was a thought I just had while thinking about Star vs

#like just spitballing some ideas here #maybe at the start of SVTFOE Star is at like the end of her “larva” stage #and by the end of the story she’s evolved into her butterfly form #and so maybe there’s an arc where she’s in her pupa stage and thus can’t really do anything #so Marco basically has to hold down the fort himself and/or Star gets taken back home #and Star emerges whenever dramatically appropriate #and maybe just also as a side gag Star does things that are more bug like than human on occasion #I don’t really know #star vs the forces of evil #star butterfly #random stuff

[bonlynx]

Olive 🫒

#world watercolor month #watercolor #painting #art #illustration #olive #green #chrysalis #pupa #insect #butterfly #swallowtail #nature #wildlife #blynx art

[the-art-in-arthesia-is-loud]

can he stop killing me please

CAN HE STOP KILLING ME PLEASE

#(art)hesia #arthesias ocs #rgverse: artwork #is it so wrong for a girl to like bugs?: pamolia (oc) #butterflies tear people apart: pupa (oc) #original character #original characters #oc #ocs #oc art #art #digital art

[onenicebugperday]

Two-tailed pasha, Charaxes jasius, Nymphalidae

Photo 1 by johnnyrandom, 2 by ronald63, and 3-7 by mazzeip

#animals #curators on tumblr #insects #bugs #butterfly #two tailed pasha #Charaxes #dragon headed caterpillar #pupa #chrysalis #caterpillar #larva #egg #one nice bug

[unohanadaydreams]

As I’m planting my summer garden, I am filled with certainty that Mayuri would introduce GMOs beyond comprehension unto me.

#bell peppers? no no. hell peppers. you split them open and instead of seeds you find hell butterfly pupa #white flowers to signal danger to birds? no. white flowers that change color as the sun rises and secret heavy hallucinogens #so the birds are all passed out and twitching in the yard #it’s not my garden anymore it’s a surreal experience that leaves me dumbfounded and oddly refreshed when I leave it #the horrors being catharsis of their own! #but also I think he would make absolute banger veggie and fruit combos #his hold on dna and building living things from the ground up would come in handy #like he would make the most robust herbs #the juiciest fruit #THE BEST FUCKING GARLIC

[2lovepoetry]

#butterfly #caterpillar to butterfly #chrysalis #i love butterflies #from pupa stage #this is pretty dope to see #life #birth of new life #monarch butterfly

[blackswallowtailbutterfly]

American Painted Lady Butterflies

Black swallowtails are not the only butterflies I've raised! American painted ladies, however, are not nearly so common in the garden, and these I actually found while working at the garden centre. Took them home, put them in the terrarium and fed them till they grew up. :)

#my butterflies #American painted lady #American lady butterfly #butterflies #lepidoptera #insects #moths and butterflies #caterpillars #butterfly larvae #baby butterflies #pupa #chrysalis #butterfly wings #butterflies on flowers #my photos #photography #blackswallowtailbutterfly

[stoner-pet]

Black Swallowtails I found in my garden

#black swallowtails #larva #pupa #butterflies #mine #their names are flennel dill and parsley

[gulfu]

Common emigrant butterfly pupa Shot with Fujifilm XH2 and XF-30mm #pupa #butterfly #fujifilmxseries #fujifilmglobal #gulfuphotography #naturelovers #butterflyphotography #fujifilmlove #pixelshift #natgeoyourshot #earthpic #grikart_macro #nationalgeographic #mta_macro #smallworld_uc #raw_insects #igbest_macros #macro_vision #macro_spotlight #gf_macro #expertphotography #themacromagic (at Gulfu Photography) https://www.instagram.com/p/CklUIwTPl6d/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#pupa #butterfly #fujifilmxseries #fujifilmglobal #gulfuphotography #naturelovers #butterflyphotography #fujifilmlove #pixelshift #natgeoyourshot #earthpic #grikart_macro #nationalgeographic #mta_macro #smallworld_uc #raw_insects #igbest_macros #macro_vision #macro_spotlight #gf_macro #expertphotography #themacromagic

[rattyexplores]

The first time I’ve ever come across Monarch specimens in the wild.

I did bring home one of the pupae, however it sadly died due to a fungal (I think) infection.

I feel even worse about this, now that the species is listed as endangered...

Danaus plexippus Please save the Monarchs

28/05/22

#Danaus #Danaus plexippus #Danaina #monarch butterfly #Papilionoidea #Danaini #tiger butterflies #Danainae #milkweed butterflies #Nymphalidae #Brush-footed Butterflies #Lepidoptera #pupae #bugs #bugs tw #bugblr #insects tw #insectblr #entomology #insecta #Arthropods #Arthropoda