Sunday, 5 June 2011

Mysterious chrysalis

Over the years when digging in the soil i have found red shiny chrysalis, when they are held in the hand they wiggle.  I have often wondered what would hatch out of them.  I found one recently and popped it into a container and waited.  It hatched into a moth called a Yellow underwing.  The moth itself  looks brown when resting but once it flies it displays a yellow underwing.
The chrysalis after hatching.


The brown upper surface of the moth.


The underwing visible.  The photos are a bit blurry, my camera isn't up to the job.

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