Are you doing this inside a very air conditioned home? If so it could take that long, other wise 9-12 is normal.
If it has been clear for more than 24 hours it is likely that it has perished.
Do you have a picture??

No pics. Room is a/c, but only to around 82 degrees farenheit. It has been clear for several days.

Grim reaper and the cold hand of death....6
Spaceman and spacecats............................0

(Sigh)

Mother Nature has a tough job.

Spaceman

Hi Spaceman,

I don't find A/C makes much of a difference with eclosing length.

It's hard to say what's responsible for your string of bad luck.

Rinse off your milkweed and clean your cage out daily (I clean mine twice a day). make sure there is nothing "toxic" in your cage. ie: once I lost an entire batch of monarchs because the plastic bucket I raised them in was poisoning them.

I hope your luck changes soon!

PS. sorry to hear they canceled the space shuttle program...you're having quite a rough summer ;)

I opened the chrysalis of the monarch to find the tip of its abdomen was sticking out where it was attached to the twig. I took it out and placed it in the leaf litter to be returned to Grandmother Earth.

On a brighter note, I got home from work to find 2 beautiful and healthy Black Swallowtails, my first to enclose.

Yea! Go SpaceCats!