Subject: Need ID on chrysalis
Geographic location of the bug: Austin, Texas 78717
Date: 02/25/2018
Time: 05:16 PM EDT
Your letter to the bugman: Hi there, I’m in Austin Texas and was cleaning up my butterfly garden today when I found this on the ground… any idea what it may be?
How you want your letter signed: Lori in Austin
Dear Lori in Austin,
Do you grow Pentas in your butterfly garden? This looks like the pupa of a Tersa Sphinx and the caterpillars feed on Pentas.
I do (did, before winter) have pentas in my garden! Thank you!!