The larvae enter the pupa stage after a few weeks and soon develop into adults.
The pupa stage lasts about 1 or 2 weeks and it glows intermittently.
It was a butterfly that had passed all the way through the pupa stage, a fully mature imago.
A chrysalis is the pupa stage of the butterfly.
The pupa stage may last from one to three weeks, after which the adult emerges.
The pupa stage is short (only for a few days), and then the mosquito becomes an adult.
Starting from late spring to early summer the pupa stage begins in the soil.
Once the larval stage of development is complete, the pupa stage begins.
Perhaps you are still in the pupa stage.
When the beetle first hatches from the pupa stage, it will be a creamy white, then brown, and finally black.