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Monarch chrysalis - Danaus plexippus
Copyright © 2006 Hannah Nendick-Mason

Monarch chrysalis - Danaus plexippus
Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida, USA
May 14, 2006
The fresh chrysalis about 38 hours later. Last night (Saturday) the caterpillar was hanging in the J position, 24 hours after making the silk button (on Friday evening), and by this morning (Sunday) had pupated.

The chrysalis is located on the underside of a Virginia Creeper leaf, about 6 feet from the ground and about 20 feet from the nearest milkweed.

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Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 14 May, 2006 - 9:17am

Great series!
I hope that we get to see the emergence too. So the caterpillar travelled at least 20 feet from the host plant! That is a lot of crawling.
… Beatriz Moisset, 14 May, 2006 - 9:27am login or register to post comments

 
I checked that estimate today
and I was way off. She crawled at least 35 feet horizontally and five vertical feet to reach this point.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 24 May, 2006 - 3:40pm login or register to post comments

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