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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae) » Crescents, Checkerspots, Anglewings, etc. (Nymphalinae) » Nymphalini » Tortoiseshells (Nymphalis) » Mourning Cloak - Hodges#4432 (Nymphalis antiopa)
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Chrysalis of Mourning Cloak - Nymphalis antiopa
Copyright © 2009 Aubrey Scott

Chrysalis of Mourning Cloak - Nymphalis antiopa
Pickens County, Georgia, USA
May 10, 2009
You can see the shed caterpillar skin still attached to the chrysalis.

On 5/8/09 I found 4-5 Mourning Cloak caterpillars on the side of the house and front porch.

Two days later I found two chrysalides of this butterfly and a few days later counted 9 or 10 Mourning Cloak chrysalides in the same area.

By 5/19 I was only able to find two of these chrysalides (the others taken by birds/bats/etc.?).

Most info I found online indicates that the adult butterfly (imago) will emerge from the chrysalis in about 10-15 days (depending on the weather).
This butterfly eclosed in 17 days, but during this period there were some seasonally cool and rainy days.

Images of this individual: tag all
Chrysalis of Mourning Cloak - Nymphalis antiopa Mourning Cloak, freshly emerged from chrysalis - Nymphalis antiopa Recently eclosed Mourning Cloak - Nymphalis antiopa Recently eclosed Mourning Cloak - Nymphalis antiopa Recently eclosed Mourning Cloak - Nymphalis antiopa
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Contributed by Aubrey Scott on 1 June, 2009 - 10:39pm

Nice series
It's good to see a really fresh specimen. Here, they overwinter as adults and can be quite battered early in the season. They do tend to go high, as you related in your third photo.
… Ron Hemberger, 1 June, 2009 - 10:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Ron
I felt really lucky to see one of these beauties emerge as an adult.
… Aubrey Scott, 2 June, 2009 - 11:11am login or register to post comments

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