This Swallowtail caterpillar is getting ready to pupate .He ( or She) is attached to a stick that I placed in the enclosure. ( the other caterpillar is using the side of the screen enclosure)
The caterpillar anchored itself with a silk button and a silk girdle around its midsection.
I am hoping to catch it as it pupates! It has been my experience that the chrysalis will be the color of the surface it is anchored to. I am expecting this one to be brown.
