Talk:Pupa

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[edit] hesitant

I am really hesitant about the move of chrysalis and cocoon to pupa. They are different terms, and apply to different things. --Kugamazog 05:37, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Oh, nm, just saw its mention in the wikiproject. As you were. --Kugamazog 12:11, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Golden chrysalis

What's the name of the butterfly whose pupa is used in the article to ilustrate the word's etymology? (I've never seen such pupas before)

[edit] Spanning Wings

I thought that butterflies span their wings by pumping air into trachea (rather than blood into veins). Comments? Dan Gluck 20:31, 16 November 2006 (UTC) Since nobody commented, I changed it. Dan Gluck 22:19, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Not true. They normally pump the veins with hemolymph. Is there any citation for the use of air ? This may be so for their respiratory system though ... Shyamal 11:31, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Any insight on the actual internal happening's of pupa? Does the larva simply grow its appendages or does it all break down into some organic goop that transforms into the adult insect? (By the way those pupae that move are freaky when you pick them up thinking they're seeds and they just start thrashing about - 72.141.0.76 19:12, 1 March 2007 (UTC)