[TN-Butterflies] Re: Sleepy Orange chrysalis on Senna
- From: "Bill Haley" <wgh@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <mlbierly@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Tennessee Butterflies" <tn-butterflies@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 15:00:07 -0400
I enjoyed the shots of the chrysalis of the Sleepy Orange. It is amazing
how well camouflaged both the Sleepy Orange and Cloudless Sulphur
chrysalis can be. My first experience with Cloudless Sulphur was a
number of years ago when I worked at the Chattanooga News-Free Press. I
kept an aquarium in my office (no water or fish in it since the untimely
demise of "Harold, the Fabulous Leaping Bream" in the Great Heat Wave of
'87", but that is another story). I began to bring in caterpillars and
host plants when I found them. We kept a large magnifying glass close by
and everyone enjoyed watching the caterpillars munch away. We
occasionally got to see one molt into a chrysalis. Then when they would
emerge, we'd have a little release ceremony outside. One Monday morning
I came back in to check on a couple of Cloudless Sulphur caterpillars
I'd found on senna a week or two earlier. They were nowhere to be found,
and I couldn't find a chrysalis either! After a very careful secondary
search, I finally found both chrysalids right in front of my nose,
attached to the senna plant. They were so close to the color and shape
of the leaves they blended in perfectly!
Bill Haley
Chattanooga, TN
Hamilton County
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[mailto:tn-butterflies-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael Lee
Bierly
Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 9:23 PM
To: Tennessee Butterflies
Subject: [TN-Butterflies] Re: Sleepy Orange chrysalis on Senna
Now, if chrysalis bite, then I would have been bitten. While looking at
the Sleepy Orange caterpillar on the Senna on September 4, I noticed two
irregular seed pods. Next day when I went to check again for the
caterpillar who was not present the evening before, I realized that the
short seed pod was indeed a Sleepy Orange chrysalis, in fact, two being
present. Still so tonight, September 7, at the Manor.
Michael Lee Bierly, Nashville, Davidson County, TN
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