Caterpillars choose odd places to pupate outdoors and indoors.
If you have a photo of an odd place you have found pupae, send them to us and we'll share them on this webpage! Click to enlarge any photo. Remember, a butterfly pupa or chryslis is NOT a cocoon
Butterfly with three Gulf Fritillary chrysalises Submitted by Linda Love
Cap with Monarch chrysalis Submitted by Dan B
Cereal Box Gulf Fritillary Submitted by Dan B
Drink/Juice Bottle Spicebush Swallowtail Submitted by Dan B
Eastern Black Swallowtail piggyback chrysalises Submitted by Jennifer Johnson
Stick and Giant Swallowtail Submitted by Linda Love
"Butterfly Kisses" Monarch chrysalis on a statue Submitted by Karen Acton
A Gulf Fritillary pupa Next to a gas pump
Giant Swallowtail Jing on Forbes Rothschild Silkmoth cocoon Submitted by Cat Traylor
Giant Swallowtail chrysalis on Forbes Rothschild Silkmoth cocoon Submitted by Cat Traylor
Gulf Fritillary butterfly chrysalis on a dishrag Agraulis vanillae
Eastern Black Swallowtail pupating on a fence Submitted by Paul Ford
Three Gulf Fritillary on a light fixture 30' from passionvine Submitted by Shelia Franklin
Two Gulf Fritillary chrysalises on a birdhouse 12' from passionvine Submitted by Shelia Franklin
Two Black Swallowtails pupated piggyback in a rearing container Submitted by Shelia Franklin
Two Black Swallowtails on a statue 6' from dill Submitted by Shelia Franklin
Monarch chrysalis over the shop door 20' from passionvine Submitted by Shelia Franklin
Gulf Fritillary chrysalis on a garden bench 35' from passionvine Submitted by Shelia Franklin
A Palamedes Swallowtail butterfly chrysalis on a broom Papilio palamedes
A Cloudless Sulphur butterfly chrysalis on the garden gate Phoebis sennae