From La Selva Ecolodge, Ecuador.
Caterpillars have wrapped themselves in cocoons, to emerge later as butterflies. The butterfly house at La Selva had many different species, and here are a selection of the diverse cocoons they make. My husband says the ones on the bottom left look like Pokemon (he actually said Kakuna, but I’m thinking Metapod).
What an interesting photo, I’ve never seen how one would keep cocoons in a butterfly house.
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Wow! Are those actual cocoons?
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Yes! I think they collected them from where the caterpillars made them in the greenhouse. We saw several others out on branches.
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That’s awesome!
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