JUST SPOTTED A MONARCH PUPA

Yeah, got to show a monarch pupa to someone who had never seen one. Now, I just have to wait until Summer comes. Wonder why nothing eats these things? They must have some special defense that science either has or has not determined. Or maybe they are regularly eaten and I am simply incorrectly assuming that they are not.

I love those little gold dots? How does the Monarch to that?

Will this pupa mysteriously disappear? Should I put a web cam on it?