Variable Checkerspot pupating

Variable Checkerspot (Euphdryas chalcedona) caterpillar preparing to pupate. It has spun a patch of silk and anchored to it. Next it will shed its caterpillar skin and become a chrysalis in preparation for metamorphosis into a butterfly. Photographed in S

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Californian Caterpillar Euphydryas Larva Metamorphosis Pupa Pupate Pupating Pupation Silk Transform Transformation Variable

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