| Help identifying a cocoon As the subject states, I need help figuring out what the cocoon is. I apologize for the crappy pic, my cheap camera doesnt like shooting at night. If no one figures it out I'll post a better pic tomorrow. Anyway, I found this hanging from my house just above the front door. Never saw one before so I have on idea what it is.
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| Might be a monarch »commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:···on_2.jpg
Keep an eye on it you should be able to tell soon
»www.hoganphoto.com/butterflies.htm |
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 TearAbiteD'oh
join:2001-07-25
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
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Alien pod! |
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 La LunaSurvived AshrafulPremium
join:2001-07-12
Warwick, NY
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Monarchs migrate down to Mexico at this time of year to over winter. I *think* it's too late for them to breed here (although that does look like a monarch cocoon....maybe it's an old one that never hatched?).
Interesting facts (see link for more info/maps):
Traveling North
As warm temperatures and lengthening days arrive, the migratory generation of monarchs finishes the development they halted prior to their migration. They become reproductive, breed and lay the eggs of the new generation. This starts the northern journey back to North America. Unlike the generation before them, who made a one-generation journey south, successive generations make the journey north.
Multiple Generations
Generation 1 monarchs are the offspring of the monarchs who overwintered in Mexico. Each successive generation travels farther north. It will take 3-4 generations to reach the northern United States and Canada....
»www.fs.fed.us/monarchbutterfly/m···ex.shtml
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| Thanks for the reply
said by La Luna: I *think* it's too late for them to breed here (although that does look like a monarch cocoon....maybe it's an old one that never hatched?). I do not think its old. its literally right over the front door....i would have seen it by now. its brand new. |
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I wondered if it was too late but found this
MIGRATION: While the monarch butterflies are in the north, during the spring and summer, as many as six generations will go through the above life cycle in Canada and the U.S. Temperature and length of daylight affect their life cycle. Butterflies that hatch in midsummer will go through the life cycle and die in 4-5 weeks. Butterflies that hatch in September will live to migrate. They drink nectar from flowers. The sugar in the nectar is turned into fat. They use this fat to give them energy on their long flight south. »www.nysite.com/nature/fauna/monar.htm |
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Key West, FL
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Scale is always hard in pics with no ref.... how large is it?
Whatever it is rather late in the summer to be in that stage., unless it will be flying south like a Monarch.
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 TheGeezeDoctor MudPremium
join:2002-07-17
Magnolia, TX | reply to DMWCincy
It is, without doubt, a Monarch chrysalis. |
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La LunaSurvived AshrafulPremium
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Warwick, NY
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said by fourboxers:I wondered if it was too late but found this MIGRATION: While the monarch butterflies are in the north, during the spring and summer, as many as six generations will go through the above life cycle in Canada and the U.S. Temperature and length of daylight affect their life cycle. Butterflies that hatch in midsummer will go through the life cycle and die in 4-5 weeks. Butterflies that hatch in September will live to migrate. They drink nectar from flowers. The sugar in the nectar is turned into fat. They use this fat to give them energy on their long flight south. » www.nysite.com/nature/fauna/monar.htm Interesting....and confusing!! They certainly have a complicated life cycle.
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 Tenar
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Midland, ON | reply to DMWCincy
Metapod use harden!
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LALALALALALA | reply to DMWCincy
Beware of the pods.
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Look, you fools, you're in danger! Can't you see?! They're after you! They're after all of us! Our wives, our children, everyone! THEY'RE HERE, ALREADY! YOU'RE NEXT!
Kevin McCarthy, RIP
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Not in my book, It looks like pod. |
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