Insect Study 



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The winter home of 

 the viceroy cater- 

 pillar. 



may be other gold dots also, and outlining the apex 

 of the jewel, is a band of gold with a dotted lower edge 

 of jet; and the knob at the top, to which the silk 

 which suspends the chrysalis is fastened, is also jet. 

 The chrysalis changes to a darker blue-green after two 

 days, and black dots appear in the gold garniture. 

 As this chrysalis is usually hung to the under side of a 

 fence rail or overhanging rock, or to a leaf, it is 

 usually surrounded by green vegetation, so that its 

 green color protects it from prying eyes. Yet it is 

 hardly from birds that it hides; perhaps its little gilt 

 buttons are a hint to birds that this jewel is not 

 palatable. As it nears the time for the butterfly to 

 emerge, the chrysalis changes to a duller and darker 

 hue. The butterfly emerges about twelve days after 

 the change to a chrysalis. 



References Every Day Butterflies, Scudder; 



How to Know the Butterflies, Comstock; Moths and Butterflies, 

 Dickerson; Ways of the Six Footed, Comstock; Moths and Butter- 

 flies, Ballard. 



The male monarch butterfly, showing the scent pockets 



on the hind wings. 

 Photo by M. V.Slingerland. 



