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African Monarch ~ Chrysalis and Adult

Danaus chrysippus

Photo by Bernadette S
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Chrysalis an hour or so before the female butterfly emerged (Pic #2); Metamorphosis lasts 6 - 7 days.

Habitat:

raised indoors with my young students, caterpillars found on a nearby Sodom Apple tree (Calotropis procera), a milkweed

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