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What are these guys? What kinds?
Should we be worried about the "Doobie Brothers" on the right?
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The two chrysalises in the left photo are monarch butterfly chrysalises. In the center photo and photo on the right, I believe are chrysalises of black swallow tail butterflies.
Apparently the chrysalis of the black swallow tail can be green or brown, with the over wintering pupae always being brown.
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The two chrysalises in the left photo are monarch butterfly chrysalises. In the center photo and photo on the right, I believe are chrysalises of black swallow tail butterflies.
Apparently the chrysalis of the black swallow tail can be green or brown, with the over wintering pupae always being brown.