What happens when a caterpillar pupates?

What happens inside the shell of a chrysalis? Does the caterpillar turn into a protein-y mush or does it simply grow wings?
22 November 2010
Presented by Diana O'Carroll

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What happens insides the shell of a chrysalis? Does the caterpillar turn into a protein-y mush or does it simply grow wings? Plus, we ask what happens once the universe has finished expanding.

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Chrysalis of Gulf Fritillary, (Agraulis vanillae)

00:00 - What happens when a caterpillar pupates?

What happens inside the shell of a chrysalis? Does the caterpillar turn into a protein-y mush or does it simply grow wings?

What happens when a caterpillar pupates?

What happens insides the shell of a chrysalis? Does the caterpillar turn into a protein-y mush or does it simply grow wings? Plus, we ask what happens once the universe has finished expanding.

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