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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Swallowtails, Parnassians (Papilionidae) » Papilioninae » Fluted Swallowtails (Papilionini) » Papilio » Western Giant Swallowtail - Hodges#4170.1 (Papilio rumiko)
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Papilio cresphontes Chrysalis Maturity - Papilio rumiko
Copyright © 2005 EmptySet

Papilio cresphontes Chrysalis Maturity - Papilio rumiko
Mesa, Arizona, USA
June 7, 2005
Size: 4cm
There is only one chrysalis that looks like this. I think this might be a more early state of pupae, it seems to retain more of the caterpillar shape, albeit much larger. Unlike the other two, it will squirm if the area around it is disturbed.

So my basic question falls to this: From which will a swallowtail emerge first?
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Contributed by EmptySet on 8 June, 2005 - 6:15pm
Last updated 23 December, 2014 - 4:52pm

Moved
Moved from Eastern Giant Swallowtail.
… Mike Quinn, 23 December, 2014 - 4:52pm login or register to post comments

This is getting ready to pupate -
they will take up this position for several hours before shedding for a final time to reveal the fresh chrysalis. Given identical conditions, I guess this would be later to emerge than ones already formed but there may be other variables of which I'm not aware.

I've moved to guide but unlinked your pictures, since they are not of the same specimen.

Compare other swallowtails in their cradles of silk:

… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 9 June, 2005 - 1:57pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you. I figured out the
Thank you. I figured out the answer earlier today when I went out to look at it again. It now looks like the other chrysalis I uploaded.
… EmptySet, 9 June, 2005 - 5:10pm login or register to post comments

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