http://www.gadgetscience.com Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:10:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.gadgetscience.com/what-is-the-red-liquid-that-secretes-from-a-butterfly-chrysalus/ http://www.gadgetscience.com/what-is-the-red-liquid-that-secretes-from-a-butterfly-chrysalus/#comments Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:51:48 +0000 admin http://www.gadgetscience.com/?p=248 When an adult butterfly emerges from its chrysalis, it secretes a red liquid that often drips down to the bottom of the habitat.  This is not blood.  It is actually a liquid known as meconium that is the natural secretions created while in the chrysalis.  This is natural and you should explain this to children during a butterfly life cycle project so that they do not think the butterfly is injured or that something is wrong with the experiment.

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