Avatar for lorishell
Oct 11, 2014 7:37 PM CST
Thread OP

Hoping my Monarch baby makes it! Days and nights getting cooler.
Thumb of 2014-10-12/lorishell/a67447
Image
Oct 13, 2014 6:02 AM CST
Name: Catmint/Robin
PNW WA half hour south of Olym (Zone 8a)
Region: Pacific Northwest Region: Mid-Atlantic Region: Maryland Butterflies Bee Lover Native Plants and Wildflowers
Echinacea Azaleas Forum moderator Cottage Gardener Garden Ideas: Master Level Celebrating Gardening: 2015
Looks pretty close to emerging! Thumbs up I think my remaining BST chrysalises are going to overwinter
"One of the pleasures of being a gardener comes from the enjoyment you get looking at other people's yards”
― Thalassa Cruso
Image
Oct 13, 2014 2:15 PM CST
Name: Melanie
Lutz, Florida (Zone 9b)
Butterflies Enjoys or suffers hot summers Hummingbirder Birds Bee Lover Bookworm
Region: Florida Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Bromeliad Native Plants and Wildflowers Plant Identifier Salvias
Actually, I think it looks diseased or parasatized. That's not the right color for the chrysalis to be. It should stay green and then slowly change to where you can start to see the wing pattern. That brown color is not normal.
Image
Oct 13, 2014 2:27 PM CST
Name: Catmint/Robin
PNW WA half hour south of Olym (Zone 8a)
Region: Pacific Northwest Region: Mid-Atlantic Region: Maryland Butterflies Bee Lover Native Plants and Wildflowers
Echinacea Azaleas Forum moderator Cottage Gardener Garden Ideas: Master Level Celebrating Gardening: 2015
Mellie I've had some BST chrysalises that were green like you describe but others are more brown.
"One of the pleasures of being a gardener comes from the enjoyment you get looking at other people's yards”
― Thalassa Cruso
Image
Oct 13, 2014 5:49 PM CST
Name: Melanie
Lutz, Florida (Zone 9b)
Butterflies Enjoys or suffers hot summers Hummingbirder Birds Bee Lover Bookworm
Region: Florida Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Bromeliad Native Plants and Wildflowers Plant Identifier Salvias
Catmint, BST chrysalises naturally vary between green and brown. Most swallowtails do. Monarch chrysalises should never be brown.
Image
Oct 14, 2014 4:17 AM CST
Name: Catmint/Robin
PNW WA half hour south of Olym (Zone 8a)
Region: Pacific Northwest Region: Mid-Atlantic Region: Maryland Butterflies Bee Lover Native Plants and Wildflowers
Echinacea Azaleas Forum moderator Cottage Gardener Garden Ideas: Master Level Celebrating Gardening: 2015
Oh, right--for some reason I was thinking we were talking about BST chrysalises, not Monarch chrysalises. That's what I get for answering on the run!
"One of the pleasures of being a gardener comes from the enjoyment you get looking at other people's yards”
― Thalassa Cruso
Image
Oct 14, 2014 4:42 AM CST
Name: Catmint/Robin
PNW WA half hour south of Olym (Zone 8a)
Region: Pacific Northwest Region: Mid-Atlantic Region: Maryland Butterflies Bee Lover Native Plants and Wildflowers
Echinacea Azaleas Forum moderator Cottage Gardener Garden Ideas: Master Level Celebrating Gardening: 2015
I also assumed the brownish coloring was the photography, not the chrysalis itself, but Mellie of course is the expert! Big Grin @Lorishell, let us know if it ecloses okay--poor baby! Lovey dubby
"One of the pleasures of being a gardener comes from the enjoyment you get looking at other people's yards”
― Thalassa Cruso
Avatar for lorishell
Oct 25, 2014 10:41 PM CST
Thread OP

What could have caused it to become diseased? @mellie Poor little thing, I was so excited and now ):
Image
Oct 26, 2014 5:52 AM CST
Name: Melanie
Lutz, Florida (Zone 9b)
Butterflies Enjoys or suffers hot summers Hummingbirder Birds Bee Lover Bookworm
Region: Florida Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Bromeliad Native Plants and Wildflowers Plant Identifier Salvias
Lori, first off you called out the wrong username so someone out there might be confused. But back to the topic...the most common Monarch disease is called OE (for short). Here's a Monarch Watch article about it: http://www.monarchwatch.org/bi...

Plus, caterpillars get parasatized a lot and there are other, lesser known diseases. I have a Cloudless Sulphur chrysalis right now that instead of turning yellow is turning black. Has a funny smell, too which is pretty much a sign it is not okay. It's a bummer, but it happens.
Only the members of the Members group may reply to this thread.
Member Login:

( No account? Join now! )

Today's site banner is by Zoia and is called "Volunteer"

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.