When a Monarch caterpillar is getting ready to change into a chrysalis, it spins a patch of silk from its mouth, and then attaches its bum to the silk and hand upside down in the 'J Position' for nearly 24 hours before the change to chrysalis takes place.
{FINDINGS}
0 eggs
0 caterpillars
{EGGS WAITING TO HATCH}
5 total eggs
{HATCHLINGS}
0
{NURSERY GUESTS}
29
{CATERPILLARS}
54
***Still no chrysalis yet... still patiently waiting, but it is close because my largest caterpillar has spun a silky thread and is hanging upside down in the 'J position' getting ready to change!
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