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Oct 19, 2015 13:12 | #1

My neighbor showed me this butterfly chrysalis he found. He said it was on the ground in one of his large planters so he moved it to a smaller one. I have no idea what type it is or whether it will continue to develop. Apparently it's still alive as the neighbor said it moved when he touched it.

Any suggestions as to what species it might be welcome.

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Oct 19, 2015 13:34 | #2

Ok, I believe it's a Tomato hornworm chrysalis and will morph into a Sphinx Moth. Interesting, whatever it is.

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Oct 19, 2015 18:16 | #3

Pretty cool

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Oct 20, 2015 00:27 | #4

Looks distinctly alien to me
Lovely shot
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Oct 20, 2015 01:26 | #5

navydoc wrote in post #17751983

Ok, I believe it's a Tomato hornworm chrysalis and will morph into a Sphinx Moth. Interesting, whatever it is.

That would be my guess.

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Oct 21, 2015 00:06 | #7

Thanks for the comments everyone. It's surprising how large this is...and how alien looking too. :-)

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Oct 21, 2015 12:35 | #8

navydoc wrote in post #17754174

Thanks for the comments everyone. It's surprising how large this is...and how alien looking too. :-)

Nice one. Where do you think they come up with the ideas for sci-fi films?

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