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On Saturday Marj and I visited the "butterfly lady" and I came away with an early birthday gift. A Monarch Butterfly Chrysalis... Such an exciting journey... the first flutter...this is when she was freshly hatched... you can see the remains of the chrysalis on the right. |
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| This is what the caterpillars look like.. .just beginning to attach, before becoming a chrysalis. |
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| The type of flowers favoured by the Monarch. |
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| The plant that hosts the caterpillars and chrysalis. |
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| More butterfly friendly plants... |
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| This is Amelie (as she has come to be known).. just before she hatched, you can see the markings of her wings so clearly through the wall of the chrysalis. |
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| Just freshly hatched... |
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| Drying her wings on some favoured flowers... |
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| Having a stretch. |
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| She gave me such a fright when having her first flutters she landed on my hand...bit of a shaky photo, me trying to concentrate and capture the moment. |
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