[Jacqui]

Received this pest sighting report from Lower Hutt in this morning:

Caught a Hedgehog eating the low hanging chrysalises in our front garden last night, promptly removed it off the property.

Beware of hedgehogs!

[Jane]

I too have seen hedgehogs eating chrysalis. They seem to love them and appear unaffected by any toxins present. Hedgehogs will eat anything containing protein including baby birds and mice.

[BlueSkyBee]

So they are not affected by the chemicals in the caterpillar/chrysalis, or would they ‘try’ the chrysalis, and then spit it out, do you think?

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