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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Unidentified pupae & cocoons
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Chrysalis Knit Into Lupine Leaflets
Copyright © 2011 Sara Tangren

Chrysalis Knit Into Lupine Leaflets
Worcester County, Maryland, USA
June 5, 2010
Size: about 1cm long
Found this little chrysalis inside several lupine leaflets that were knit together. Also, there is feeding damage on the leaflets. The sundial lupine (Lupinus perennis) is rare in our state, so I am trying to understand the insects that interact with it. Can you tell anything from a chrysalis like this?
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Contributed by Sara Tangren on 12 April, 2011 - 5:19pm
Last updated 7 September, 2011 - 5:48pm

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… john and jane balaban, 7 September, 2011 - 5:48pm login or register to post comments

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… Brad Barnd, 27 April, 2011 - 2:44am login or register to post comments

Keep it
I hope that you still have this pupa and that the adult emerges soon. Then it will be a lot easier to ID. Try to keep it in conditions similar to outdoor conditions so you don't disrupt its cycle.
Also, if you know the plant sometimes it helps to consult the Natural History Museum site Hosts. It seems that Everes comyntas and a few others use this plant. Good luck.
… Beatriz Moisset, 12 April, 2011 - 8:46pm login or register to post comments

 
Perhaps I should have...
I'm always afraid to kill them in captivity. But I got two aquariums with the mesh lids, and if I understand correctly at least the pupae don't really require anything other than to be kept in natural temperature, which I could have done, since it was May, simply by having the aquarium in my office.
… Sara Tangren, 15 April, 2011 - 7:25am login or register to post comments

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