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

现在我们进入蜕变段三，毛毛虫变成蛹。

2.Each pupa will produce a magnificent butterfly.

每个蛹都会变成一只炫丽蝴蝶。

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

“事实上，在我们观察中，我们看到看护蜜蜂在以睡眠为代价孵化蛹。”

4.So, yeah, pupae essentially eat themselves.

所以，是，蛹基本上是吃掉了自己。

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

，研究人员用蛹代替了幼蜂，蛹是一种不需要持续进食发育段。

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

过不了多久，它们就开始了令人难以置变，从蛹变成了非常神奇东西。

7.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。

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

蚁后和她珍贵幼虫以及蛹，被安全干燥地保存在中间。

9.This cleans them and kills the pupa inside.

这会清洁它们并杀死里面蛹。机翻

10.One more molt exposes the hard exterior of the pupa.

又一次蜕皮暴露了蛹坚硬外表。机翻

11.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。机翻

12.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，就会附着在树叶或树枝底部，然后形成蛹或者茧。

13.This can help broaden the pupa gender identification time in the actual production of silkworm egg farms.

这有助于在实际蚕种生产中延长蚕蛹性别鉴定时间窗口。

14.There is no significant correlation between pupa age and the gender and variety detection accuracy of silkworm cocoons.

蚕蛹年龄与蚕茧性别及品种检测准确率之间无显著相关性。

15.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.

工蜂负责给幼虫喂食。几天之后, 它们便会长出坚硬皮肤, 这就是蛹。

16.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段很奇怪，就等着吧，事情从这里变得更加奇怪且酷。

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

“令我们惊讶是，我们发现看护蛹蜜蜂甚至比看护幼蜂蜜蜂睡得更少。”

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

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

19.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, 然后孵化为幼虫或毛虫, 再变成蛹并最终生长为昆虫。

20." 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。机翻