Bicyclus anynana
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Bicyclus anynana is a small brown butterfly in the family Nymphalidae, the most globally diverse family of butterflies. It is primarily found in eastern Africa from southern Sudan to Eswatini. It is f
Squinting bush brown
Androconial spot on the hind wing of the African butterfly Bicyclus anynana.
The center pupil of the so called anterior "eyespot" on the fore wing of the African butterfly Bicyclus anynana scale.
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Pupa
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A pupa is the life stage of insects from the Holometabola clade undergoing metamorphosis between immature and mature stages. Insects that go through a pupal stage are holometabolous: they go through f
Bicyclus anynana
…the squinting bush brown butterfly is exposed to different temperatures at particular life stages: the temperature individuals experiences during their pupal stage and during adulthood changes male courtship rate while the temperature they experience during the larval stages has no effect. Researchers predict…
Pupa of the rose chafer beetle, Cetonia aurata
Tumbler (pupa) of a mosquito. Unlike most pupae, tumblers can swim around actively.
Adult Hercus fontinalis, a species of parasitoid wasp, emerging from cocoon
An eclosing Julia butterfly