Unidentified chrysalis

[Bill Cornelius]

Xi:

I found a gold/ tan cardui larva last (?) month & decided it was from
feeding on a bush that was drying up. It eventually hatched.

Bill

Xi Wang wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I founnd a chrysalis today while searching for monarch larvae, and have
> been unable to ID it. Morphologically, it closely resembles the pupa of
> Vanessa cardui, except it's a golden colour. Any comments would be
> greatly appreciated.
>
> TIA,
> Xi Wang


 
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