“When a caterpillar is ready for the next stage of its life, it finds a quiet and safe place and spins itself into a cocoon or chrysalis. Then, the caterpillar releases digestive enzymes and dissolves itself. It disintegrates into a goo…For awhile, the essential parts of the caterpillar are hidden within the goo–its neurons, its sensory experiences–but they do remain, and are remodeled to form the next stage of life.”

- Lucy Jones (On Matrescence)