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small chrysalis
Copyright © 2008 Lynette Schimming

small chrysalis
Desert Hot Springs, Riverside County, California, USA
March 30, 2008
Size: around 15 mm

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Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 7 April, 2008 - 11:09pm
Last updated 14 April, 2008 - 7:36pm

Moved
Moved from Butterflies.
… Lynette Schimming, 14 April, 2008 - 7:36pm login or register to post comments

most likely Pieris or Pontia
I'm not familiar enough with them all to tell the species, but it is the pupa of a White or Cabbage Butterfly in the Pieris group of genera. Location might make Pontia protodice a probable candidate.
… David J. Ferguson, 14 April, 2008 - 1:17pm login or register to post comments

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