Metamorphic Life!
I rescued this Pipevine Swallowtail chrysalis from the butterfly house where I volunteer on June 1st.
It had been installed in the chrysalis box that we have there and I noticed it had fallen down in the bottom of the box.
Well it was going to have a tough time emerging if it wasn’t hanging like it is in nature.
I brought it home and used a tiny dot of hot glue, from the cooler variety of glue guns, to attach it to a stick.
I placed it on my back porch in my butterfly net habitat.
After about 7 days it fell off the stick and I decided to just leave it be and see what happened.
The good news is it emerged on Sunday June 9th as I was drinking my cup of coffee before church.
Pipevine Swallowtail
It was already out by the time I checked on it, but I got to enjoy if for an hour or so and when I went out to see if it had flown away before leaving for church, I saw it fly out and into a tree. Notice it looks quite different when the wings are closed vs open!
Have a Blessed Day!
June 14, 2019
All photos taken on my iPhone 8 Plus
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That is great. It has been brought back to life. That is helpful of you I must say
Amazing how delicate they are :-)
How cool that you noticed it had fallen and rescue dit that makes me smile
That is really cool. It was really creative the way you used glue to mimic nature.
It's a beauty. Pretty amazing how the wings can be so different on each side.
Wonderful cyber shot Butterfly photography. Butterflies are beauty of nature. Good post. Thanks a lot.
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Lovely photo :) Cheers :)
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I love the word chrysalis (in spanish it's crisálida) it implies such transformation. I often includes such metaphormosis in my songs as metaphor.
I'd like to breed moth again one day.
By the way that little fairy hatching is beautiful.