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Zebra Host Chrysalid
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Zebra Host Chrysalid

It's not every year these longwings migrate to central Texas. I collected a dozen eggs and early instars from a passionvine on which a zebra was observed ovipositing. These were two which were isolated in a loose-lidded empty container as soon as they pupated.
It appears the maggot emerged from the chrysalid on the left, between abdominal segments. Pity, the butterfly's wings were starting to show through.

Date: 11/19/2007
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