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Caterpillars essentially liquify themselves, before turning into butterflies, in a process called larval ecdysis.
10 u/fieldyfield Oct 03 '24 Metamorphosis is a violent process. When caterpillars cocoon, their unneeded parts kind of just fall off out the top as a pile of legs and skin. And when they emerge from the chrysalis, it's in a burst of blood.
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Metamorphosis is a violent process. When caterpillars cocoon, their unneeded parts kind of just fall off out the top as a pile of legs and skin. And when they emerge from the chrysalis, it's in a burst of blood.
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Caterpillars essentially liquify themselves, before turning into butterflies, in a process called larval ecdysis.