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RE: Update On Monarch Caterpillar In Winter – Preparing to Pupate – Original Photography

in #gardening7 years ago

You're giving us some good education here as well as great photos. I always thought a cocoon and a chrysalis were the same thing. Not sure I want to see pics of it's body splitting open though! 😁

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I thought they were the same too, until my neighbor and I got interested and started collecting caterpillars before they could be eaten by predators! It must only have taken a couple of hours for it to go from this stage to the chrysalis this afternoon, so you are spared the in between shots. (This time!) LOL

😁 That was fast! Thanks for sparing me the splitting open shots. Not sure I could handle it first thing in the morning.

Well, I didn’t get to see it either. Lol!