Definition of Chrysalids

1. chrysalid [n] - See also: chrysalid

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chrysalids

chronotopic
chronotoxicology
chronotropic
chronotropism
chronotype
chronovisor
chronovisors
chronozone
chronozones
chrons
chroococcals
chrosomal abnormality
chrys-
chrysalid
chrysalides
chrysalids (current term)
chrysalis
chrysalises
chrysaniline
chrysanilines
chrysanth
chrysanthemum
chrysanthemum-carboxylic acids
chrysanthemum dog
chrysanthemumlike
chrysanthemums
chrysanths
chrysarobin
chrysarobins
chrysazin

Literary usage of Chrysalids

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Butterflies of North Americaby William Henry Edwards by William Henry Edwards (1897)
"Of 31 chrysalids from eggs laid May 23, 1871, 17 gave butterflies the same ... Of 38 chrysalids from eggs laid June 7, 1889, 1 gave butterfly the same year ..."

2. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology by Cambridge Entomological Club (1886)
"From chrysalids of same laying of eggs, but which were not iced, emerged 4 £ 8 Ç ... Eight of the ten iced chrysalids gave butterflies before 2 March, ..."

3. The Butterfly Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Butterflies of by William Jacob Holland (1898)
"The chrysalids in the latter two cases generally represent only a couple of weeks at most in the life of the insect. In tropical and semi-tropical countries ..."

4. The Butterfly Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Butterflies of by William Jacob Holland (1898)
"There are a number of butterflies known in temperate North America which have three broods: a spring brood, emerging from chrysalids which have overwintered ..."

5. The Horticulturist; Or, An Attempt to Teach the Science and Practice of the by John Claudius Loudon, Loudon (Jane) (1849)
"Insects may be destroyed in the pupa state by collecting their chrysalids or cocoons, when these are placed above ground, us is most commonly the case with ..."

6. Frail Children of the Air: Excursions Into the World of Butterflies by Samuel Hubbard Scudder (1895)
"When we further observe that the green color prevails in the chrysalids of those species which commonly transform upon the leaves of their ..."

7. Guide to the Study of Insects, and a Treatise on Those Injurious and by Alpheus Spring Packard (1870)
"... to pupae (chrysalids, nymphs). In the pupa state the limbs and appendages of the head are soldered together, and the head and thorax tend to form one ..."

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