chrysalis

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Trefry likened this awkward time of life to the stage in a butterfly’s development when a caterpillar disappears inside a chrysalis and dissolves into goo before reforming into something entirely new.

From Salon • Nov. 24, 2025

Nearly every one of those caterpillars at some point drops from the tree canopy to overwinter or create a chrysalis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

But Nirupama Rao, former Indian ambassador to Beijing and Washington, says India is "a titan in chrysalis" - too large and ambitious to bind itself to any single great power.

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2025

Its iridescent casting mold looks almost like a chrysalis awaiting the emergence of a monumental butterfly.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 9, 2023

She combined images of its egg, larval stage, its pupa, and the butterfly or moth that “crept from” the chrysalis or cocoon.

From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman