The oil and gas industry is an exception, with businesses predicting an average raise of 4% this year. At the bottom end of the spectrum are hospital workers, who typically were expected to bring home just 2% more in 2015 than they did in 2014.
While some insects, like moths, spin a cocoon, a butterfly uses a chrysalis, which is essentially hardened skin. Different species of butterflies stay in the chrysalis, or pupal stage, for different periods of time. This can range from about seven days to more than a year, but for a large number of species it is less than 30 days. The well-known monarch butterfly, for example, spends between nine and 14 days in a chrysalis, while the painted lady butterfly spends only seven to 10 days in the chrysalis.
About two weeks have gone by since the caterpillar turned into a chrysalis. This time of inactivity is misleading for, in reality, the inward workings within the pupa have been orchestrating the makings of the destined butterfly to come. Now new colors begin to appear as the chrysalis begins to darken.ere is a close look at the chrysalis. The colors of the butterfly become ever more visible as emergence time approaches. These photos of the chrysalis showing the coloration of the butterfly within were taken at 2.5 hour intervals.