- Joined
- Jun 4, 2006
- Messages
- 2,730
Has any scientist ever drawn a visual guide as to the changes that occur inside a chrysalis that make a caterpillar look like a butterfly?
One time halfway through development I had a chrysalis drop by accident and crack open, and inside was smelly brown goo, nothing solid. How does liquid become a solid insect? Or is the "shell" outside the actual animal, and inside it is the guts? And when a butterfly emerges, it's no different than and insect shedding it's exoskeleton and emerges looking different? The chrysalis "sheds" and out pops a new looking body, a butterfly.
One time halfway through development I had a chrysalis drop by accident and crack open, and inside was smelly brown goo, nothing solid. How does liquid become a solid insect? Or is the "shell" outside the actual animal, and inside it is the guts? And when a butterfly emerges, it's no different than and insect shedding it's exoskeleton and emerges looking different? The chrysalis "sheds" and out pops a new looking body, a butterfly.
Last edited: