Crystal Chrysalis

Caterpillars new home while it transforms into a butterfly, love the sparkly gold bits

[haydn morris]

It s great - are you hoping to capture the whole metamorphosis?

[Helen Westerbeke]

that is my wish, yes. It will be a challenge! this is at a friends house and so far I have missed two J shapes forming the Chrysalis and the one dark one I have spent hours watching for it to hatch but it hasn't yet. I think I will need to get my own plants so I can monitor them easier :-) I'm fascinated by the whole life cycle