{"id":311,"date":"2010-06-08T13:59:22","date_gmt":"2010-06-08T21:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/?p=311"},"modified":"2010-06-08T19:19:04","modified_gmt":"2010-06-09T03:19:04","slug":"monarch-larva-into-chrysalis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2010\/06\/08\/monarch-larva-into-chrysalis\/","title":{"rendered":"Monarch Larva Transforming Into Chrysalis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This morning I spent two hours patiently taking pictures of a hanging yellow and black Monarch larva transform into a shiny green chrysalis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This morning I spent two hours patiently taking pictures of a hanging yellow and black Monarch larva transform into a shiny green chrysalis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[84,85,83],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1s2SN-51","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13694,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/11\/01\/two-stages-of-butterfly-life\/","url_meta":{"origin":311,"position":0},"title":"Two Stages Of Butterfly Life","date":"November 1, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I was amazingly lucky to be able to watch a Monarch larva transform into a chrysalis, followed closely by a healthy Monarch butterfly emerge from its chrysalis, which then I was able to temporarily place on my shoulder before it flew away. It was a good nature day.","rel":"","context":"In "Fauna"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Monarch-Chrysalis-11-01-12-lo-res-200x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":12669,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/05\/07\/looking-to-cocoon\/","url_meta":{"origin":311,"position":1},"title":"Looking To Cocoon","date":"May 7, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Found this Monarch larva in the backyard hanging from a metal stand as it was searching for a solid spot from which to start the process of transforming into a chrysalis. I was lucky I shot it when I did because later it was gone.","rel":"","context":"In "Fauna"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Monarch-Larva01-05-07-12-lo-res-200x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":333,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2010\/06\/10\/roses-and-larvae\/","url_meta":{"origin":311,"position":2},"title":"Roses and Larvae","date":"June 10, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Worked on photos I took of my mom's roses and of some tiny, freshly-hatched Monarch Butterfly larvae that I had to transport from a plumeria plant to a milkweed.","rel":"","context":"In "Fauna"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Monarch-Larva-Baby02-lo-res.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9362,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2011\/10\/15\/another-monarch-emergeth\/","url_meta":{"origin":311,"position":3},"title":"Another Monarch Emergeth","date":"October 15, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Sat and waited for a Monarch Butterfly to emerge from its chrysalis this afternoon. Didn't have to wait too long and it paid off with a lot of macro shots. Also took shots of four other Monarchs nearby which were in various stages of their own pupation. 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Unfortunately, it decided to present itself while I was out at an early lunch with friends. I was able to get these shots earlier this morning before I left and you can clearly see that the chrysalis is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Fauna"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Monarch-Chrysalis-05-31-12-lo-res-200x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}