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Common Crow Pupa

Euploea core

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Description:

a few days afer making the pupa- it gets all metallic and golden - when just about to pupate - develops a beautiful deep blue/ green metallic sheen

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Comments (15)
ScottHarte
Always love finding those, good spotting
LaurenZarate
Really nice capture! This could be pupating in the movie "Tron".
SachindraUmesh
Thank you for all the wonderful words =) The pupa starts out in a pale orange color , maybe this metallic coloration is a diterant to potential predators..
Leuba Ridgway
love the reflections - can keep looking at this forever. Great shot !
SachindraUmesh
Thank you Mona =) although the fellow that comes out is sort of - Not so dramatic =)

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Biodiversity of Sri Lanka
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Butterflies of Sri Lanka
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PublishedMay 3, 2013

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