Another Monarch Chrysalis getting ready

How exciting to see the chrysalides preparing to eclose!

This is chrysalis number two.

We check them several times a day, just to try to estimate when the happy event would happen.

Are they turning dark green, or is it a trick of the light?

And then the question is if the dark green is turning black.

And finally, is the outer layer looking clear and waxy?

And just how is it possible for them to fit in that small capsule...