A friend of mine had gathered several caterpillars this summer and watched them go from caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly. I had mentioned that I would like to see the process, so she just happened to get one last caterpillar and put it into the cage with plenty of milkweed, and then it went to chrysalis. So she brought the cage and chrysalis for me to observe. So hope everything works out and I get to watch the butterfly emerge.
