chrysalis

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Trefry likened this awkward time of life to the stage in a butterfly’s development when a caterpillar disappears inside a chrysalis and dissolves into goo before reforming into something entirely new.

From Salon

Late March/early April is a time of rebirth but also of the friction and occasional struggle of transition — the lime-green shoot emerging from the dirt; the chrysalis stage before the butterfly.

From New York Times

“He wanted China to emerge out of the chrysalis of its isolation.”

From New York Times

After a month or so eating the host plant on which they were laid, the caterpillars undergo metamorphosis and spend the next 10 to 12 months in a chrysalis.

From Seattle Times

Then they transition to pupae, or chrysalises, for a week or two before emerging, or eclosing, for a short, winged adulthood.

From Seattle Times