Thursday, December 04, 2014

Butterfly...maybe

We found a caterpillar in the "J" position on a post while we were out walking. We came back the next day to see the chrysalis.  I had read that you can move a chrysalis, so we are giving it a try.  The needle is only going through the silk "button" that holds the chrysalis in place.  This should be a Gulf Fritillary. 


At night it hangs down straight.  In the day time it bends around and seems to point at the sun.  I don't know much about Gulf Fritillary butterflies, so I don't know if that is normal or not!  I never saw a Monarch chrysalis move at all.