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Red-Spotted Purple Chrysalis

Limenitis arthemis

Description:

Thanks to KeithRoragen for helping me identify this chrysalis. (That's my hand in the background -- the camera just would not focus properly -__- )

Habitat:

hanging on a garden-thingy

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2 Comments

SilverHearts
SilverHearts 11 years ago

Thank you! I'm gonna take a guess and say it's a Red-spotted Purple chrysalis...

KeithRoragen
KeithRoragen 11 years ago

Definitely a butterfly chrysalis. I would say from the shape the most likely candidates are Viceroy and Red-spotted Purple.

http://bugguide.net/node/view/358

SilverHearts
Spotted by
SilverHearts

Maryland, USA

Spotted on Apr 26, 2012
Submitted on May 3, 2012

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