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Change Today: Monarch Chrysalis Turns Black

February 10, 2011
Monarch Chrysalis turns black

Perhaps today will be the day this monarch emerges?

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Monarch Caterpillar Sheds Skin and Starts Pupa Stage

January 4, 2011
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On Monday, after about three days in the “J” position (see this post for images), this Monarch caterpillar straightened out and began to shed its outer skin. In the time it took me to get my camera, the gyrations began and the skin was almost shed. It appears that the skin behind its neck and [...]

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Yuck! What is That?

August 26, 2009
caterpillar-eating-lilypad

These caterpillars (Armyworms) are eating my waterlilies alive in the stock tank.  If you know what type of caterpillar this is, please post it in the comments section. Thank you Wizzie Brown for letting us know. As if it wasn’t bad enough that they are eating the lilies, they are leaving even more disgusting droppings [...]

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