As a follow up to my previous post, I should have posted these photos in mid April when I took them, but alas here they are! This first photo shows a monarch about 1 hour before emerging. The chrysalis is completely see through at this point! Also in the second photo notice the curled wings before the dry out. This was taken a few minutes after emerging. The fourth photo is pretty cool in it’s own right because those two monarchs literally emerged within minutes of each other!
And just when I thought our monarch adventure was done for the season, we now have 14 new caterpillars within the last week. That month in between gave the milkweeds just enough time to replenish to give life all over again.
Bountiful Backyard 