Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY BUTTERFLIES Page 23, 1 by TexasPuddyPrint

TexasPuddyPrint wrote:
Anyone ever notice the Zebra Longwing chrysalids have a touch of metallic coloring in them?

This is my first time to raise Zebra Heliconian caterpillars - I saw some Zebra Longwings in my yard around my passion flowers vines and found two eggs that I brought inside to raise. Got to watch the caterpillars' growth and now those two have formed a chrysalis...so I decided to take some photos of the process.

Aside from the chrysalis looking quite vicious...I noticed there's gold in them thar hills!!! :o) Almost looks like shiny mirrors on the chrysalis!!!

I've seen metallic coloring numerous chrysalids like those from Queens, Monarchs and Variegated Fritillaries and some Metalmarks...but never this much on a chrysalis. Am tickled pink :o) - or is that gold? :o)

~ Cat


This message was edited Nov 7, 2007 7:54 PM