Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Black Swallowtail, 1 by catbird8

catbird8 wrote:
Snuzer,
Just like monarchs, you can see the developed wings, etc., when they are just hours away, as the chrysalis shell gets very transparent. They will also start moving around.
Attached is a photo of the chrysalis of the BST that emerged this morning. Didn't get to see the whole process as Catbird8 has an appointment at 6:00am to have a breast tumor removed. NON-MALIGNANT!!!!! Praise the Lord. She is back home sleeping off the excitement and medication.

The Swallowtail had emerged and flown by the time we returned 3 hours later.

I have likewise had ST's overwinter in the chrysalis stage. What a pain. And, we had a Giant perish because it got stuck trying to get out. The worst is when a parasite has stung the larvae. They will go into chrysalis and then you see the worst of nature.

Sheila, that is a male.

Rod (mate of 8)