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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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