happyWImom Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 My dd often collects monarch caterpillars & we keep them and release them after the butterflies emerge-which is very cool. But we have never actually seen them forming the chrysalises. It was fantastic! A few looked like their skin was splitting up the back, and as it slowly split, the green began to show. But the others started wiggling frantically, and seemed to just push the old skin off, and we watched the green appear. Then, you could still see the caterpillar form through the green skin, and they would twist, twist, twist for a while, and then it would start to harden. So Cool!! I just wish I had a camera that had a lens that could have focused well enough to capture it all, or a better video camera. Oh, well, maybe this was better, because we were right in the moment. In addition to the 4 we saw forming, we had 3 others that made theirs overnight, and 2 more that are close. I can't wait to see them all as butterflies!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cajunrose Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 We have watched that process over and over again with Painted Ladies, Monarchs, and Swallowtails. It is so neat watching them go into the chrysalis!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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