Date: 09/30/2014

Number: 1

Forgot to query, but on Sep 30th I collected what I thought was a small 5th instar Monarch larva off Milkweed in Durham county, but then it molted and what was two small black bumps on it's thorax turned into one larger bump and one short tentacle like a Queen larva has! I was hoping it would molt again and show the red spots that a Queen older instar has, but instead it just pupated. The Chrysalis itself looks like a better match for Monarch than Queen.

Has anyone seen a monarch larva with thoracic tentacles/filaments? I have photos. A hybrid??? I'll be waiting for it to emerge to see what the result is!

Oh and if anyone had never seen the origin of the monarchs scientific name, this is really cool: http://www.naturenorth.com/summer/monarch/monarchF2.html

Courtesy of Carolina Leps

Durham county, NC

Latitude: 36 Longitude: -78.7

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