Wow! What fabulous pictures!

The beautiful chrysalis must be a variegated fritillary. I've seen a picture of a silvery checkerspot chrysalis that looked white and somewhat like a variegated frit, so I guess it could possibly be that, but I doubt it. The white variegated frit chrsyalides are really beautiful, and I've never seen one as white as yours!

There must be violets or passionvines growing nearby.

Sherry

Great photos Minrose - I think you mentioned in another thread that you'd been seeing Painted Ladies so I looked up images of their chrysalises and they look very similar to variegated frits'.

Here is a link that might be useful: google images

I have had Painted Ladies chrysalises before and never seen any this white, but some of those images on google look alot like mine, hmmmmm.

Beautiful pics! Aren't those little hatchers cute?

I can't wait to see what ecloses!!! Great pictures!
I will be posting some pictures of cats that were on my blue passionvine that look different than the GF cats I usually have...they have a white line down the side! I brought 4 in to see what will eclose...they could be varigated frits or Mexican frits which would be very unusual here...or maybe just a variation of the GFs!
Lila

me too, very anxious but so far it has not eclosed, still pretty white.
About those little monarchs catepillars hatching, I lucked out. Just happened to catch them as they hatched. I had wanted to photograph some hatching and finally I had some good timing. I noticed that these eggs looked a little different. I had two hatch within 45 minutes of each other. Theyboth hatched from the egg July 12 and they have both now eclosed, one eclosed Aug 8 and the other Aug 10. It was interesting as the second one to hatch, was always bigger than the first one so each catepillar can grow at it's own rate, I see.

It ended up being a Painted Lady. I have seen Painted Lady chrysalis before but never seen one so white, but I had never seen one on a milkweed before either. It flew away before I chance to get a really good photo of it.

Thanks for the followup Minrose. I was wondering which one it would be. It's interesting how their colors can vary like that. I've never raised Painted Ladies inside but that makes me want to.

Minrose, thanks for posting! I was wondering what it could be????
I am just now seeing more PLs in my gardens since this spring but have never raised any either! I had a lot of AL cats on a couple of native weeds that grew in my BF garden that had volunteered & then when they had eaten all of the "weeds", they moved to a small Silver Brocade artemesia I had but I think it is gone now...it didn't like our Texas summer heat! I didn't bring the AL cats in because I didn't have any more food for them!
I would love to raise PLs but I haven't found a good host plant so far! I currently have a nice cardoon growing but so far it has been ignored. What host plants are in your area???
Again, glad it eclosed for you!
Take care,
Lila