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Monarch - Hodges#4614 (Danaus plexippus)
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Copyright © 2012
Jon Rapp
parasitized Monarch pupa/chrysalis -
Danaus plexippus
Columbia/Garth Nature Area, Boone County, Missouri, USA
October 24, 2011
Size: 1" or so
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Contributed by
Jon Rapp
on 18 January, 2012 - 12:36pm
Last updated 22 January, 2012 - 11:17am
Moved
Moved from
Butterflies (excluding skippers)
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Jon Rapp
, 22 January, 2012 - 11:15am
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john and jane balaban
, 21 January, 2012 - 12:01pm
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It makes us think of the Monarch
but it doesn't look very healthy??
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john and jane balaban
, 18 January, 2012 - 12:49pm
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Thanks!
Wow - so the very different coloration could be because it's not doing so good? I've a lot to learn.
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Jon Rapp
, 18 January, 2012 - 4:28pm
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ooh, better yet!
pry open the chrysalis and take a picture of the larvae
it shouldn't hurt it, just don't crush the chrysalis in the process
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aphid
, 18 January, 2012 - 5:49pm
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I had one just like it, fall of last year.
It is a Monarch (Danaus plexippus) chrysalis that is parasitized.
You should expect some type of flying insect to emerge.
I had a Monarch caterpillar (last fall) J-hook to a pot of a potted plant I brought inside. I forgot about it until I found a small wasp/bee/fly sort of creature flying around. The cats killed it eventually, but it was relatively small, but large enough to get noticed. It left a hole about 5/64 of inch in the chrysalis.
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aphid
, 18 January, 2012 - 5:47pm
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I've had them get like that f
I've had them get like that from disease too.
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Emily Tenczar
, 18 January, 2012 - 7:05pm
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What a surprise
like Forest Gump - don't know what you got til you bite into it! Thanks all for the comments and information.
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Jon Rapp
, 19 January, 2012 - 10:37am
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