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Need id maybe a swallowtail chrysalis?
Copyright © 2005 Michelle Martin

Need id maybe a swallowtail chrysalis?
Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, USA
July 25, 2005
I'm not familiar with the life cycle of butterflies, but it looks like a swallowtail marking, but I don't know what kind.

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Need id maybe a swallowtail chrysalis? Need id maybe a swallowtail chrysalis? Need id maybe a swallowtail chrysalis?
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Contributed by Michelle Martin on 15 August, 2005 - 9:43pm
Last updated 15 August, 2008 - 9:52am

Moved
Moved from Butterflies and Moths.
… john and jane balaban, 15 August, 2008 - 9:52am login or register to post comments

The Mystery Pupa
I believe it is actually a Tersa Sphinx Moth Pupa, not a Swallowtail chrysalis. You can tell by its large size and eyespots along its side.
… Ian Nicholas, 6 June, 2006 - 1:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Hey Ian, thank you very much,
Hey Ian, thank you very much, I'll look that up right now to match it.
… Michelle Martin, 6 June, 2006 - 3:31pm login or register to post comments

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