i will always say suddenly because in a normal course , a pupa must gradually transform into a butterfly in matter of few days but when it was not showing any changes like showing of some filling inside during transformation, i will say it was kind of hibernating and then not one but all 4 of the pupae in a wk time transformed totally and butterflies ecclosed out. hence i said suddenly as if some ext influence [which we dont know] might have triggered it ..milind
________________________________ From: Kishen Das <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, February 28, 2011 2:23:53 AM Subject: Re: [ButterflyIndia] Interesting pupa observation ......... How do you define "suddenly transformed" ? Kishen On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 2:49 AM, Min Sb <[email protected]> wrote: >i was surprised to find the pupa of GRASS DEMON which was formed in oct 2010 >[gaurav agavekar gave me that] suddenly transformed and one grass demon >emerged >2 days back ! the other one is about to emerge ! also 4 common mormon pupae >which were formed in late nov last yr also produced female mormones last wk. >no >sudden change in weather , no contact with humidity or water because they were >in plastic containers. i thought to share my experience with u all >.........milind bhakare > > -- Enjoy
