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To prevent dehydration, spritz or dunk your chrysalis with/under water a couple of times a day! Chrysalises breathe through spiracles in their sides. A good dunk under water will not harm them. If so, a heavy rain would kill many chrysalises in the wild. |
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Air conditioners and heaters dry out the air, removing humidity as they cool or heat. Chrysalises indoors are especially prone to dehydration. Outdoors, in drought conditions, a chrysalis can dry out and die. To prevent dehydration, either: a) Keep the chrysalis on or near a living plant or b) Dunk the chrysalis under the water faucet twice a day or c) Spritz the chrysalis with water twice a day. The photos above are of chrysalises which were shipped to a customer. They were stored in a garage in our early spring Florida drought while the family waited for them to emerge. After a few weeks, the chrysalises were returned (which we greatly appreciate) for us to look over. The cause of their death was immediately apparent. They were as light as a feather, totally dehydrated to the point that they were preserved. We broke off one side of the chrysalis shell to reveal the fully developed butterfly inside. |
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All photographs on this site are copyright protected.
For permission to use any photo, please contact Edith Smith at Shady Oak Butterfly Farm.
Butterfly Release companies located outside the mainland United States.
Release Companies Outside the Mainland United States
Shady Oak Butterfly Farm Toll free 877-485-2458 12876 SW CR 231 Brooker, Fl 32622 Stephen & Edith Smith
Located 45 minutes from the Butterfly Rainforest Exhibit at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida
This butterfly website built with advice from Starting Dreams.
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