I've recently dug up a giant chrysalis & I wondered if anyone knows what it is. It's just like the little reddish ones but brown but that could be due to the fact it's obviously dead. Anyway it's about 2 inches long and thicker than a pencil. Any one out there up on such things?
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pretty sure it is dead. I brought it in so it'd wiggle in the warmth but nothing. Also looks like end has slight crack in it. I think it must be a moth as it's so large and some moths like privet hawk are huge. Its definately bigger than a chafer grub & looks just like the normal crysalis but really big & brown.
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Elephant Hawk Moth?
http://piclib.nhm.ac.uk/piclib/webim.../44168_sml.jpg
I haven't seen a chrysalis in real life but had a humungous EHM caterpillar in my garden last year!I was feeling part of the scenery
I walked right out of the machinery
My heart going boom boom boom
"Hey" he said "Grab your things
I've come to take you home."
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Originally posted by Seahorse View PostElephant Hawk Moth?
http://piclib.nhm.ac.uk/piclib/webim.../44168_sml.jpg
I haven't seen a chrysalis in real life but had a humungous EHM caterpillar in my garden last year!
A lovely surprise though!
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