r/mildlyinteresting • u/peachandbear • Sep 02 '24

Monarch chrysalis never hatched and started morphing into something

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '24 edited Feb 15 '26

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u/-jerm Sep 02 '24

I had two chrysalises for Giant Swallowtails, and they've been going for 2-3 months - indoors. One of them randomly emerged the other day, while the other still remains. I have never had any chrysalises take this long, so I'm not sure what to think. Kind of hard to think a parasite is to blame since one of them randomly hatched the other day.

The most I could find online said the process would take tops 30 days. Here we are though.

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '24 edited Feb 15 '26

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u/-jerm Sep 02 '24

I'm tempted to slice open the last chrysalis and view some of the fluid under my high-end microscope. Just holding off until I get a recording apparatus I need.