Great Purple Hairstreak chrysalids

Anne Kilmer viceroy at gate.net
Wed Jan 27 17:18:10 EST 1999


Paulette Haywood wrote:
> 
> I am in search of Atlides halesus chrysalids and will be travelling to a
> site where I have collected eggs from large infestations of mistletoe in
> several large oak trees. I hope to find chrysalids in this natural
> rather than a laboratory setting.  Does anyone have any tips for
> locating them on the trees?
> 
Not at all. However, if you will scrabble about in the leaf mulch on the
ground beneath the trees, there they'll be. Brown. 
Good luck.
Anne Kilmer
South Florida


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