Soon-to-Be Chrysalis

The caterpillar making a j shape appears to be ready to disappear into a chrysalis. The caterpillars were so small last week and now many are full-grown. Most, I think, were in instars 4 and 5 but there were many also at the egg stage.

[Asli]

Pretty lovely caterpillar (:

[Diana]

So amazing to be able to see and capture this!

[Pat]

I love this peep under the leaves, such a great shot and amazing detail, fav.

[KV]

I love seeing all the caterpillars… we learned so much during this visit and it was so much fun getting to see all of this!

[Jean]

great capture

[Mags]

Very cool! They are so unique.

[gloria jones]

Super capture

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Super shot

[Linda Godwin]

They are having a feast!

[Granny7(Denise)]

Super shot

[Babs]

Looks as though they are having quite a feast. fav.

[LManning (Laura)]

So interesting!

[Esther Rosenberg]

Love watching the caterpillar’s, so amazing how they change into a butterfly. Beautiful capture and DOF

[haskar]

Beautifully captured.