Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: DAILY BUTTERFLIES Page 80, 1 by Sheila_FW

Sheila_FW wrote:
If it is a plastic container it is easy to scrape the silk enough to get a pin through. I quit using the sticks because of the difficulty in removing the chrysalis and having enough silk to work with. I doubt you damaged the pupa if the chrysalis was hardened unless it was dropped to the floor. They basically turn to liquid inside and the bf dna takes over. If it was not viable it wouldn't cause it to fall I don't think.
Usually when one has been parasitized it will begin turning dark a day or two later and appear sunken.

So Mrs_ED...do you think it was pesticide on the new parsley?