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As the year warms into summer, they pupate and turn into small greyish-black moths.
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Eventually, the larvae begin to pupate and no longer exude their chemical messages.
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Finally, in midsummer, the caterpillars pupate , creating a dark brown shell.
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In fact, eventually, it will crawl out of you and drop off, to pupate in the ground.
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It even sheds its coat periodically, and by the time it is born, it is able to pupate immediately.
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The females lay their eggs on milkweed and the caterpillars feed on these plants until they pupate , prior to emerging as butterflies.
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The last consideration that decides the form the lid should take is the needs of the caterpillars when they pupate .
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When the caterpillar is fully grown it usually hangs upside down from a leaf or plant stem, and begins to pupate .