ID#: 10823
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This 2008 image depicts a dorsal view, of a pupa of a regal moth, Citheronia regalis. Found buried in the rural Georgia dirt, this pupa represented the next phase of development of this moth, which followed the caterpillar stage, known as the hickory horned devil. See PHIL 10766-10770 for images depicting this caterpillar in all its majestic splendor. Like butterflies, moths are holometabolous organisms, which means that they undergo a complete metamorphosis as they pass through their four developmental stages: embryo, larva, pupa, and imago, or adult. See PHIL 10821 and 10824, for a closer look at the cephalic, or head end of this pupa, and PHIL 10822, 10825, and 10826 for a closer look at the caudal, or tail end.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ Ranger, David Smith, Boy Scout Camp; Janice Haney Carr
Creation Date: 2008
Photo Credit: James Gathany
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Copyright Restrictions: None - This image is in the public domain and thus free of any copyright restrictions.