Caterpillar turning to chrysalis on ground. Help! I have a lot of large caterpillars that are turning into J's. Yesterday it was very windy and 2 fell off the plants (2 seperate plants, both in pots). Each one was curled up in the bottom of the pot and I thought they might be dead. I checked this morning and they still were just curled up caterpillars, but when I just checked now, one has turned into a chrysalis. Will it form ok whilst lying on the ground? Or is it unlikely to survive? Is there anything I should do? I'd appreciate any advice! I have a method for the Js that saves almost all of them... have just checked on one now and it's happily formed into a healthy chrysalis... I'll carefully pick up the fallen J and take it inside. I then take a piece of cotton thread, start to tie a knot and close the loop around one of it's hind legs. (this maybe fiddly for some, thankfully I have very small fingers) I then take the J, hanging by the thread, and suspend it very close (about 1cm) above a hard clean surface like a dinner plate. When transforming, the chrysalis usually falls off it's skin down onto the plate - though sometimes like the one today they will manage to attach themselves to the cotton thread knot. If you can catch it at the right moment when it has /just/ come out and fallen, you can