chrysalis

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

Also like Mozart, Tao emerged from the often-precarious chrysalis of childhood as a prodigy to become a complex artist, tirelessly curious to seek out new challenges.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 28, 2024

"By the time we emerged from the chrysalis, we were fully formed," says Georgia.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2023

They wrap around her small, squirming body, until she's swaddled inside a pink chrysalis like a writhing worm.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

If you spent a week in the dry forest as a child, examining chrysalides and ocelot droppings, you might, as an adult, see the forest as something other than a purely economic resource.

From The New Yorker ● Mar. 30, 2015

In March they are full grown, and change to brown chrysalides beneath the surface of the ground.

From Butterflies and Moths (British) by William S. Furneaux

When full-grown they spin for themselves a silken covering, within which they turn into chrysalides.

From On the Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects by Sir John Lubbock

The caterpillars are to be found in June, and the chrysalides in July.

From Butterflies and Moths (British) by William S. Furneaux

The chrysalides are not angular like those of the preceding species, and though generally suspended by the tail, are sometimes found quite free among leaves and grasses on the ground.

From Butterflies and Moths (British) by William S. Furneaux

The world’s top AI companies are now emerging from their private-market chrysalises to sell shares via initial public offerings.

From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026

“Most butterflies and moths overwinter in the landscape either as eggs, caterpillars, chrysalises or adults,” says Barton.

From National Geographic ● Oct. 12, 2023

Then they transition to pupae, or chrysalises, for a week or two before emerging, or eclosing, for a short, winged adulthood.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2022

They lived in a mesh cage and grew bigger, much like the hero of Carle’s book, until they crawled and wiggled toward the top of the container, turning themselves into chrysalises.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2021

As if newly emerged from their chrysalises, the butterflies gathered their strength and began to fly.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall