Being an avid photographer and Dad of a Tiger Cub allows me the unique perspective of shooting anything outdoors and passing it off as educational.  The kids and I were at the Prairie Center Park when I noticed several varieties of Chrysalis among the trees.  The kids found it very amazing that each kind of tree yielded a different kind of moth, though I’m still not sure what kinds of moth/butterfly is inside each.  Since we are proponents of the Leave No Trace program the little critters stayed very safe from little hands, but my next task will be to identify from these pictures what type of insect we are dealing with.  There are three different Chrysalis represented in the accompanying pictures and any help identifying would be welcome.  One step that should probably be taken is to identify the trees that the different moth/butterfly homes on which the cocoons were built.  In any event if you have ideas to help identify the photos, please, post in comments.

P.S.  You might not know this but in High School I won 1st place in an FFA entomology contest and placed in two state contests.  Yep that’s right, I’m the bug guy.  Strange, how wildly popular this made me with my classmates.  Popular and delusional.