Pupæ
A #poetry thread

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They hang like commas, green and curled
from word-hung branches, a sentence grows;
they're folded into minds still furled
to punctuate new worlds that flow.

Each pupa’s case still holds its breath,
in blanket sewn with silk and time.
The caterpillar cheats its death
to form a brighter, stranger rhyme.

🧵👇🏼

#poem #poemaday #pupae #butterfly #butterflies #nature #naturephotography #symmetry #photography

The #antbagbeetle #Clytra laeviuscula (#Chrysomelidae, #Coleoptera) is a #phytophagous #beetle #species widespread in Europe with a #myrmicophilic relationship of the #larvae and #pupae to #antnests of the genera #Formica, #Lasius and Camponotus. The larva lives mainly from the food of the ant larvae. It is protected from ant attacks by own dropping pieces (#skatoconches). Pupation also takes place in this protected manner. #evolution #biodiversity

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Last year a Green-Veined White, Pieris napi, pupa appeared next to the lock on my main door, so all winter I had to be very careful when I was fitting my key into the lock, especially at night. This spring the butterfly didn't emerge despite, as the image shows, the pupa having wing and antennae bumps. So I feel simultaneously blessed by its presence and sad it died before taking flight. I think it was attracted to my garden by Ladies Smock aka Blodyn y Gog the "county flower" of Brycheiniog. Also named L: Cardamine pratensis, E: Cuckooflower, C: Ffedog y Forwyn, C South: Blodyn Llaeth and C North: Blodyn Llefrith, and because "cuckoo stockings" is as adorable as foxgloves C: Hosanau'r Gog.

#InsektenSamstag #insects #pupa #pupae #butterflies #GreenVeinedWhite #nature #gardening

Found on the underside of an oak leaf, this looks like the aftermath of a very small demonic ritual.
On closer inspection they appear to be empty pupae from a leaf-hopper maybe?
No idea about the spider either 🤷‍♂️

#nature #NaturePhotography #wildlife #invertebrate #insect #InsectPhotography #leaf #oak #ring #circle #pupa #pupae #spider #macro #MacroPhotography

A Ladybird pupa - not sure what species, I'll have to try and catch a look once it emerges. 🐞😍
County Clare, Ireland.

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#wildatlanticway #walkingtours #ladybird #ladybug #pupae #Ireland

My first Mason bees (Osmia Lingaria) hatched from their pupae! They took the air, I do hope they return to their little Mason bee house!

#MasonBees #pupae #bees #pollinators #entomology #prairieinsects #yxe #wildlifegardening