Sue Grexton
a local photographer who usually does animals and landscapes
dropped by to lend a hand recording Monarch Butterfly event,
Aug. 21, 2008.
In the beginning there was the egg.
Followed by the caterpillar & much eating.
These shots are special as they show a caterpillar just shedding its skin.
The old skin is to the right in each picture.
Note the head is mostly yellow & get to see their feet bottoms - know you have
been waiting to sneak a peek at them.
Also note the thin threads of silk all over the glass on the aquarium - they lay
some down everywhere they go, to hang on to.
Then the change into a chrysalis, which is done in the same way as shedding
skin, not like spinning a cocoon.
Which is why they go clear just be for the butterfly hatches out.
Also & in both cases the skin is sucked dry before a change - note in first two
pictures how the caterpillar is losing colour and what looks like its antenna
are just bits of cloth. Wen you see that, the back of its neck will soon
split open and chrysalis is within. The chrysalis goes from bright green
{colour of the leaves it would be hanging from}, to so clear you can see the
butterfly within.
What do you call a large group of chrysalis?
Finally the Monarch Butterfly.
Four in this picture - spot them?
Just who is this?
Nice shot of our Catalpa tree.
Out front showing how to look for Monarch eggs in the potted
Milkweed in ditch.
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