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Thank you, Tom, Jola, and James! Although this shot did turn out well, I'm always surprised at what captures people's interest and what doesn't.

Thank you, Lynne, djtaz, and Doug! I was fortunate to be able to get all of him in focus. I set the camera on automatic closeup and manual focus, zoomed in as close as I could, then backed off until the focus was right. He just neatly filled the frame without any need for me to crop.

Thanks for adding your comments, Betsy and Leslie!

Thank you, Shirley, Eileen, and Wanda! I have another shot of him I will post shortly.

Gene, they typically leave the plants they feed on and find woody twigs, a fence, or some other object that will not flatten out over the winter, on which to pupate. I have found their chrysalises in such places many a time, and the ones I keep in the house will do the same. If I don't keep them confined, they wander all over the sun porch looking for a spot that suits them, and sometimes I don't find them until the butterflies appear in spring. No doubt this is what happened to your caterpillars, assuming birds (or evil squirrels) didn't eat them.

Enough of them do every year, Gene, to perpetuate the species. Apparently birds don't see the caterpillars very well on the parsley/carrot greens, and the chrysalises look like curled-up dead leaves, so many do survive.

Thank you, Gale! Glad you like it!

Thank you for noticing, Eileen and Larry!

Thanks, approvers, better late than never!

Thank you, Elaine!

Thank you, Ingrid! The two caterpillars I brought in have both pupated now.

Thank you, James!