A female Black Swallowtail emerges from the slumber of her chrysalis
“I used to be you a long time ago,” whispered the butterfly to the caterpillar.
The alchemy of metamorphosis
Image Credits
All Images Are © Ansel Oommen
Ansel Oommen Artist Bio 
Ansel Oommen is a collections survey volunteer for the New York Botanical Garden and a research assistant for the Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene at CUMC. His work has been published in magazines such as Visual Verse, First Things, Permaculture, and Entomology Today.
Blog: Ansel Oommen on Behance
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