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Pupa (Latin: pupa for doll, plural: pupae) is the third life stage in the development of insects, exhibiting complete metamorphosis (egg, larva, pupa and imago). In this stage a symbolic little death occurs, while the larva builds its own tomb and remains in a non-feeding, usually sessile condition. During pupation larval structures break down. The imago emerges by either splitting  the pupal skin, chewing its way out or secreting a fluid that softens its cell. Pupae may further be enclosed in other structures such as cocoons,
​nests or shells.
In this latent stage of pupa, the cocoon carries contradicting ideas such as death and rebirth, beauty and deform, divine and disease, structure and destruction combining a fascinating contrast that effects in the way I perceive and represent things.
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