a pupa of the variable diadem butterfly on white background.

abdomen africa animal background beauty beetle born bug butterfly caterpillar change changing chrysalis closeup cocoon color colour creature critter cultivated emerge emergence entomology fantastic fauna form gray grey growth hatch hibernate hibernation hypolimnas insect invertebrate isolated larva lepidoptera life macro metamorphosis moth natural nature object odd outdoors prickly pupa pupae shell sleep sticky strange thorny unusual wake weird white