The Chrysalises are turning blue!!

This is "Goliath"

This is "Tiny"

This is "Thing 1"

This is "Thing 2"

If you look closely at each of the pictures, you can see a little bit of a dark, purple-blue on the top, in the middle of the chrysalises. They will turn completely blue, and then they will turn clear. When they turn clear, you will be able to see the butterfly inside.

Did you know: The caterpillar makes a silk button where they are going to hang in the chrysalis stage. If they cannot attach the black stalk on top of the chrysalis to the button, before their skin falls off, they will fall and die. It must be hanging to continue the metamorphoses. If that had happened to one of my caterpillars, I could pick it up gently and attach it to the silk button. Or, I could have used super glue to hold it up there. Yes, really, it is true. I'm not kidding. :-) If you would like like to see the caterpillar attach the stalk to the silk button, before he releases his skin, look closely at the end of the video I posted earlier.