I missed seeing the caterpillar turn into this crysalis and it absolutely mystified and fascinated me that one minute it was a stripey yellow and black j shape and about half an hour later there was this! so here is a quick timelapse video i found of the process. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocWgSgMGxOc
Lucky you for even getting to the chrysalis stage. My caterpillars have all been attacked this year by a colonies of a little awful bug. This is lovely especially with that water droplet.
@kiwinanna they all dispersed from a totally defoliated plant and i was worried until i noticed three hanging upside down on the nearby sweetpea plants, , so i know where three are to try and observe the emergence.
If you are participating in rainbow challenge that's more than a great entry