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Monarch butterfly (chrysalis)

Danaus plexippus

Photo by KarenL
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Field Notes

Description:

On Russian sage

Habitat:

Semi rural

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Monarch butterfly

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Comments (2)
KarenL
Thanks Marta! I've only found one caterpillar & this pupa so far this year & not seen any adults which is very worrying. The chrysalis is actually very pretty - you can't see it well in the photo but there is a line of metallic gold dots around the top that really glisten in the sun.
The MnMs
Wow! I had never seen the puppa stage. Tahnks for showing, Karen! :-)

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