Subject: Bad Spot to Chrysalize
Geographic location of the bug: West Los Angeles
Date: 02/28/2020
Time: 01:21 PM EDT
Your letter to the bugman: Hi Bugman,
Guess I’ll need to be extra careful when watering the plants in my back yard. Can you identify what will emerge from this chrysalis?
Thanks
How you want your letter signed: Jeff Bremer
Hi Jeff,
This is definitely a butterfly chrysalis, and we are pretty certain it is a Brush-Footed Butterfly in the family Nymphalidae, but we have not had luck with a definitive identification. This is a rather distinctive chrysalis and we don’t know why the identification is giving us trouble. We will attempt to contact Keith Wolfe for assistance.
Thanks Bugman,
At first I thought it might be a Gulf Fritillary, but the small “threads” protruding at the end ruled that out. Haven’t seen a Brush-Footed Butterfly in my back yard before, so I’m hoping to be there for the emergence.
Jeff