monarch pupa? - Danaus plexippus

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… Chris Saetti, 28 September, 2009 - 6:10pm

Yes this is a Monarch. I'm no

Yes this is a Monarch. I'm not sure if it's emerging or going bad though. By the look, if it was going to emerge-it would have-or will be soon-like really soon.

see http://bugguide.net/node/view/337978

… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 28 September, 2009 - 3:06pm

I would say...

it is just about ready to emerge. Probably has by now. I took this picture a few years ago. With flash, the chrysalis is almost transparent and you can see the pre-emergent butterfly.

… Keith Roragen, 28 September, 2009 - 5:50pm

I don't know if it is alive.

If this chrysalis is really that shade of black and the wings are dark like that, I would say it is dead. At that stage, they should look like this:

… roar, 3 October, 2009 - 7:44am

today

A Scorpion Fly appeared to be eating it today. Should I frass this image?

… Chris Saetti, 3 October, 2009 - 2:48pm

I think

this is worth keeping. It shows a ready-to-hatch parasitized chrysalis.

… roar, 7 October, 2009 - 5:34pm