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Does the pupa of a butterfly and a beetle need to breathe?

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Absolutely! In fact, if you look closely, you can see the spiracles (little breathing holes) if you take a magnifying lens and look at the sides of the butterfly and beetle pupae. They will appear as a line of little dots.

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