Over the past week I have had quite a number of Monarch caterpillars and chrysalis in the yard. I found a set of chrysalis on the back of a canna leaf which seemed to be an unusual place for them to pupate. Then, yesterday, a friend found a butterfly that had enclosed from the chrysalis but the butterfly never got his wings pumped up. We don't know if that's because it was raining when the butterfly enclosed or because there was another problem. In any case, the butterfly looked more
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| Monarch Caterpillar |
like a dragonfly and only lived about 36 hrs.
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| Monarch Chrysalis |
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| Deformed Monarch Butterfly |
Over the past week I have had quite a number of Monarch caterpillars and chrysalis in the yard. I found a set of chrysalis on the back of a canna leaf which seemed to be an unusual place for them to pupate. Then, yesterday, a friend found a butterfly that had enclosed from the chrysalis but the butterfly never got his wings pumped up. We don't know if that's because it was raining when the butterfly enclosed or because there was another problem. In any case, the butterfly looked more
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