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The time of eating has passed by. The caterpillar is spinning a pillow at the bottom and a belt in which it hangs. 05/22/92, 18:30 until about 19:00 |
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The time of eating has passed by. The caterpillar is spinning a pillow at the bottom and a belt in which it hangs. 05/22/92, 18:30 until about 19:00 |
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noon. The big moment has come: The peeling to pupa! By fits and starts the old skin is being striped of. |
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| After one night the
pupa gets its final look. Now it rests motionless until the butterfly's hatching out. A green pupa usually hatches out in the same year. If it hibernates, its color is usually brown (see next page). |
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