Back in July I was hunting for Eastern Swallowtail caterpillars, and only found one. Very unusual. I gave it to my neighbor to feed and watch grow, and it's in the chrysalis stage. They are away for the weekend, so I'm keeping an eye on it should it decide to emerge as a butterfly. It will likely stay over winter like this to emerge in the spring. If it doesn't hatch, it will go in the garage so it stays frozen for the winter. What do you think? Pretty awesome how these things work.
The caterpillar ends up quite large and the butterfly is sizable as well. Very easy to do if you want to next summer. Giving it shelter means you get to watch the process, cool!, and no birds will eat it. lol