Kim Taylor / Female Mosquito (Culex pipiens) emerging from its aquatic pupa, June.
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Kim Taylor / Peacock butterfly (Aglais io) caterpillar suspending itself from a silk pad by its rear prolegs before shedding its larval skin and emerging as a pupa, June.
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Jan Hamrsky / Mosquito larvae and pupa (Culex sp.), Europe, August, controlled conditions, focus stacked
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Juergen Freund / Timelapse of a Cairns birdwing (Ornithoptera euphorion) butterfly caterpillar metamorphosing into a chrysalis, Queensland, Australia, April.
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James Dunbar / Timelapse of a Tiger longwing (Heliconius hecale) forming a chrysalis. Controlled conditions. Native to South and Central America.
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Jan Hamrsky / Black fly pupae (Simuliidae) attached to the stem of aquatic plant, Europe, August, controlled conditions
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Paul Harcourt Davies,Paul Harcourt Davies / Emergence of Two-tailed Pasha butterfly (Charaxes jasius) Podere Montecucco. Orvieto, Umbria, Italy August. Sequence 6 of 9
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Paul Harcourt Davies / Emergence of Two-tailed Pasha butterfly (Charaxes jasius) Podere Montecucco. Orvieto, Umbria, Italy August. Sequence 1 of 9
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John Cancalosi / Adult Common morpho butterfly (Morpho peleides) emerging from chrysalis, Costa Rica. Sequence 1/4.
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Martin Dohrn / Driver ant / Siafu (Dorylus sp.) in nomadic stage carrying pupae
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Alex Hyde / Apollo silkmoth (Ceranchia apollina) close up of cocoon showing silk fibres, originating from Madagascar. Captive.
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Alex Hyde / Silk moth (Saturniidae) cocoon, used in textile production, photographed on a white background. Maroantsetra, Northeast Madagascar.
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Ingo Arndt / Adult Egyptian Locust (Anacridium aegyptium) emerging from nymphal skin, captive, Africa. Winner of Fritz Polking portfolio prize, GDT 2012 competition.
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Alex Hyde / Peacock Butterfly {Inachis io} emerging from chrysalis against white background. Sequence 6/6.
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Alex Hyde / Peacock Butterfly {Inachis io} emerging from chrysalis against white background. Sequence 5/6.
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Alex Hyde / Peacock Butterfly {Inachis io} emerging from chrysalis against white background. Sequence 4/6.
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Alex Hyde / Peacock Butterfly {Inachis io} emerging from chrysalis against white background. Sequence 3/6.
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Alex Hyde / Peacock Butterfly {Inachis io} emerging from chrysalis against white background. Sequence 2/6.
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Alex Hyde / Peacock Butterfly {Inachis io} emerging from chrysalis against white background. Sequence 1/6.
