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Posted by seedmoney 8A (seedmoney@embarqmail.com) on

Sat, Sep 17, 11 at 10:03

Is it possible to tell the sex of the occupant by looking at its chrysalis?

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Posted by bandjzmom 7 NWGeorgia (My Page) on
Sat, Sep 17, 11 at 10:11

I have never heard of such, but I am not an expert.

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Posted by coolbutterfly 4b (My Page) on
Sat, Sep 17, 11 at 10:54

I have gotten pretty good at telling the sex after the chrysalis has become clear(thickness of wing veins), but I've never heard of this being done with a green chrysalis. I think they all look the same but i guess there could be a subtle difference...experts?

I did learn from the forums this summer you can tell the sex of a monarch with it's wings closed because the dot on the males wing is visible....never noticed that before. Tony

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Posted by kcclark z5b OH (My Page) on
Sat, Sep 17, 11 at 11:26

All depends on which species of lepidoptera you want to sex. I do it all the time for the saturnids I raise. You can do it for GSTs. I'm sure there are many others.

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Posted by caterwallin 6-PA (My Page) on
Sat, Sep 17, 11 at 15:31

Click on the link I'm including and it tells you how to tell the difference between male and female in Monarch pupae.

Here is a link that might be useful: Monarch Pupae Sex

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Posted by mechelle_m z9 TX (My Page) on
Sat, Sep 17, 11 at 23:38

How interesting! I can hardly wait for my newly hatched monarch cats to become chrysalids so I can see for myself.

Thanks for an interesting and informative link.

Mechelle

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Posted by kcclark z5b OH (My Page) on
Mon, Jan 16, 12 at 15:42

Shady Oak Butterfly Farm just (1/16/2012) posted pics on their Facebook page on how to tell the difference between BST male and female chrysalises. They also posted pics of male and female monarch chrysalises.

Below is a link to tdogmom's page on GST's.

Here is a link that might be useful: GST chrsyalis comparison pic

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