The caterpillars of the Plain Tiger
grow quickly and develop. This picture shows a fully grown caterpillar that is about to pupate, a pupating caterpillar
and a pupa or chrysalis. When a caterpillar is about to pupate, it wanders around the food
plant and stops only when it has found a suitable or safe spot, usually under a firm twig or even
a leaf.
LIFE HISTORY – THE PLAIN TIGER
The Plain Tiger (Danaus chrysippus chrysippus)
Caterpillars and pupa. © Chin Fah Shin. All rights reserved.
This page revised on 31 May 2003. Copyright © Chin Fah Shin.
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