Butterfly and Skipper Chrysalides

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Butterfly and Skipper Chrysalides

If nothing ever changed, there'd be no butterflies. Anonymous

Arogos Skipper Chrysalis

I consider myself fortunate to have seen the Arogos Skipper adults and this chrysalis. It is seen in only a very few sites in Florida.
Atala Chrysalides
Atala Chrysalides
Atala Chrysalis
Black Swallowtail Chrysalis
Buckeye Chrysalis
Clouded Skipper Chrysalis

This Clouded Skipper chrysalis is rolled up in one of its host plants, Wood Oats (Chasmantium sp.).
Cloudless Sulphur Chrysalis

The chrysalis of the Cloudless sulphur can be either pink or green.
Cloudless Sulphur Chrysalis

The chrysalis of the Cloudless Sulphur can be either pink or green.
Giant Swallowtail Chrysalis
Gulf Fritillary Chrysalis
Hackberry Emperor Chrysalis
Harvester Chrysalis

The Harvester chrysalis has an uncanny resemblance to a dog's or monkey's head.
Malachite Chrysalis
Miami Blue Chrysalis

Two Miami Blue chrysalides rest in the hand of a researcher who is raising them in captivity. This south Florida species is in peril due to loss of habitat.
Monarch Chrysalis

When a monarch butterfly is about to emerge from its chrysalis, it will become translucent and immediately before the emergence, it will be so clear that you can see the butterfly inside.
Monarch Chrysalis

View a video of a monarch butterfly emerging from its chrysalis.
Monarch Chrysalis
Pearl Crescent Chrysalis
Pipevine Swallowtail Chrysalis
Red Admiral Chrysalis
Red-spotted Purple Chrysalis
Spicebush Swallowtail Chrysalis
Swarthy Skipper Chrysalis
Tawny Emperor Chrysalis
Variegated Fritillary Chrysalis

The photo cannot capture the beauty of this chrysalis which looks like it has metallic flecks of gold on it.
Variegated Fritillary Chrysalis

This was found on Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana).
White Peacock Chrysalis
Yucca Giant-Skipper Chrysalis
Zebra Chrysalis