So now we're on metamorphosis stage three, where the caterpillar is now a pupa.

现我们进入蜕变阶段三，毛毛虫变成蛹。

Each pupa will produce a magnificent butterfly.

每个蛹都会变成一只炫丽的蝴蝶。

So, yeah, pupae essentially eat themselves.

所以，是的，蛹基本上是吃掉自己。

The large queen, along with her precious larvae and pupae, are kept safe and dry in the middle.

蚁后和她珍贵的虫以及蛹，被安全干燥地中间。

" Indeed, in our observations, we saw that the nurses were incubating the pupae at the expense of sleep."

“事实上，我们的观察中，我们看到看护蜜以睡眠为代价孵化蛹。”

I am hurrying to Montreal with these pupas to participate in a wonderful event.

我带着这些蛹要赶回蒙特利尔去参加一个奇妙的盛事。

So the researchers replaced the larvae with pupae, a developmental stage that doesn't require constant feeding.

因此，研究人员用蛹代替，蛹是一种不需要持续进食的发育阶段。

And it's not long till they start the incredible transformation from pupae into something's really rather magical.

过不多久，它们就开始令人难以置信的转变，从蛹变成非常神奇的东西。

It takes at least eight days for a fly to go from an egg to a pupa.

一只苍蝇从卵变成蛹至少要八天。

This cleans them and kills the pupa inside.

这会清洁它们并杀死里面的蛹。

One more molt exposes the hard exterior of the pupa.

又一次蜕皮暴露蛹坚硬的外表。

She may have observed the adult moth just as it emerged from its pupa.

她可能已经观察到成虫刚从蛹中出来。

Once they are fully grown, the caterpillars will attach themselves to the underside of a leaf or branch and form a pupa, or chrysalis.

毛毛虫一旦完全长大，就会附着树叶或树枝的底部，然后形成蛹或者茧。

The larva is fed by the working bees, and in a few days it makes for itself a hard skin, and is called a pupa.

工负责给虫喂食。几天之后, 它们便会长出坚硬的皮肤, 这就是蛹。

" And to our surprise, we found that nurse bees with pupae slept even less than the bees that were housed with feeding larvae."

“令我们惊讶的是，我们发现看护蛹的蜜甚至比看护的蜜睡得更少。”

Inside a tunnel, ball, or pat, once the larvae hatch, they consume the dung before metamorphosing into a pupa and then an adult beetle.

通道、粪球或粪块之内，一旦虫孵化出来，会以粪便为食，直至成蛹，之后发育成为成年蜣螂。

An insect lays an egg, which changes first into a grub or cater-pillar, then into a pupa or chrysalis, and lastly into an insect.

昆虫产卵, 然后孵化为虫或毛虫, 再变成蛹并最终生长为昆虫。

And if you thought the run up to the pupa stage was weird, just wait, things get even stranger and cooler from here.

如果你认为发展到蛹阶段很奇怪，就等着吧，事情从这里变得更加奇怪且酷。

" She would sit up all night until they came out of the pupa so she could draw them, " she said.

“她会整夜不睡， 直到它们从蛹中出来， 这样她才能画出它们， ” 她说。

He savored the soft, chewy texture of silkworm pupae, the nutty flavor of roasted cicadas, and the creamy richness of bamboo worms.

他品尝蚕蛹柔软、耐嚼的质地、烤蝉的坚果味和竹虫的奶油味。