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11-12-2010, 02:53 PM
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What happened to these caterpillars?
I found 2 of these caterpillars (which I think they are from Papilo machaon) in my house wall.
one of them was completly yellow, i touched and it got like this:
the other one was up, and I touched it and it didn't move, but was very soft...
so what is happening to them? will I not see the 2nd one become a cocoon?
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11-12-2010, 04:28 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by onlyricky
I found 2 of these caterpillars (which I think they are from Papilo machaon) in my house wall.
one of them was completly yellow, i touched and it got like this:
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I'm afraid this one has split its skin - it is now dead. 
The other looks to be pupating - attaching to the wall at one end and shrugging istelf up to become pupa-shaped.
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the other one was up, and I touched it and it didn't move, but was very soft...
so what is happening to them? will I not see the 2nd one become a cocoon?
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While pupating, the animals are very tender, soft, fragile - it is very easy to damage them so best to avoid touching them at all.
Let us know how the survivor progresses. 
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11-12-2010, 04:33 PM
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I'm afraid this one has split its skin - it is now dead.
The other looks to be pupating - attaching to the wall at one end and shrugging istelf up to become pupa-shaped. |
It was my fault touching it and BANG it got all that greeny and so i killed it uh ?
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While pupating, the animals are very tender, soft, fragile - it is very easy to damage them so best to avoid touching them at all.
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so that means that survivor (it would be 2 if i didn't kill the other one ) is ok ? no disease?
I hope my papilion machaon will be soon a cocoon
but as it is very tender and soft, looks like it doesn't move at all, so how will it make a cocoon?
I really hope it is not a disease and it is all about its natural process!
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12-12-2010, 02:55 PM
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I'm not sure it will make a cocoon its a bare chrysalis
I watched a Fritillary at the beginning of the year this happened in two days
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12-12-2010, 05:56 PM
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well i'll still wait and tell all of you how is it going!
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