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the body literally dissolving into goo to rebuild itself from scratch, on purpose.
means The intermediate, often immobile and encased life stage of an insect, during which it transforms from larva into adult.
from Straight from Latin pupa, meaning 'girl' or 'doll' — the same root that gives us 'puppet' and 'pupil' (the little doll-image of yourself you see reflected in someone's eye). The naming was Linnaeus's doing in the 18th century: he saw the swaddled, doll-like stillness of the chrysalis and called it a little doll, never mind the riot of dissolution happening inside.
inner soupInsides liquefy into cellular slush before reassembling
memory keptMoths recall lessons learned as caterpillars
imaginal discsHidden cell clusters blueprint the future adult
chrysalis vs cocoonButterflies make the former, moths spin the latter
diapauseSome pupae pause development for years, waiting