Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Four O'Clocks a Host plant?, 1 by beckygardener
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beckygardener wrote: And as with all species of butterflies, some come out deformed like this one. Probably a cat virus. It's part of the odds of survival. This is the chrysalis before it eclosed. It actually was a reddish color like it was bleeding. Obviously a sick butterfly about to emerge. Or maybe the females have more of a reddish fluid upon enclosing? This message was edited Jan 28, 2007 10:29 PM |