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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae) » Heliconians and Fritillaries (Heliconiinae) » Fritillaries (Argynnini) » Euptoieta » Variegated Fritillary - Hodges#4447 (Euptoieta claudia)
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Black and White with metallic spikes - Euptoieta claudia
Copyright © 2011 saubrie

Black and White with metallic spikes - Euptoieta claudia
Clarksville, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA
September 8, 2011
Size: about .5''

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Contributed by saubrie on 8 September, 2011 - 7:11pm
Last updated 22 August, 2012 - 3:11am

This is actually a Variegated Fritillary crysalis
They look similar.

Moved from Baltimore Checkerspot.
… David J. Ferguson, 22 August, 2012 - 3:11am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Brushfooted Butterflies.
… David J. Ferguson, 11 November, 2011 - 9:22pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Charley Eiseman, 12 October, 2011 - 5:18pm login or register to post comments

they need
to hang if possible can you hang it so it is hanging like the pictures? so it will develop right.
… Edna Woodward, 8 September, 2011 - 7:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, but right now it's on my
Yes, but right now it's on my grill cover. Safe to move it???
… saubrie, 8 September, 2011 - 8:27pm login or register to post comments

 
...
A few weeks later, so maybe you've already done something with it, but I think it would be possible to move it safely. The chrysalis is attached to the grill cover by a sheet of silk. You may be able to peel the sheet of silk off without touching the chrysalis (I'm not saying don't touch it at all, just be gentle), and then tape the sheet to the underside of some kind of overhang.
… Charley Eiseman, 2 October, 2011 - 8:12am login or register to post comments

Nymphalid pupa?
Perhaps like this:
...
...or this:
?
… Peter Edelman, 8 September, 2011 - 7:29pm login or register to post comments

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