Pupa (Latin: pupa for doll, plural: pupae) is the third life stage in the development of insects, exhibiting complete metamorphosis (egg, larva, pupa and imago). In this stage a symbolic little death occurs, while the larva builds its own tomb and remains in a non-feeding, usually sessile condition. During pupation larval structures break down. The imago emerges by either splitting the pupal skin, chewing its way out or secreting a fluid that softens its cell. Pupae may further be enclosed in other structures such as cocoons, nests or shells. In this latent stage of pupa, the cocoon carries contradicting ideas such as death and rebirth, beauty and deform, divine and disease, structure and destruction combining a fascinating contrast that effects in the way I perceive and represent things.