Live! Monarch (Danaus plexippus) chrysalises adorn this beautiful mantel piece. |
My children helped me feed these caterpillars in plastic jars and then transfer the chrysalises to the tree once they had dried and hardened a bit. |
How can an insect produce metallic touches like gold and silver? Organic jewels designed to be admired. |
Many butterfly chrysalises shed their camouflage and become translucent hours before they eclose (emerge from their chrysalis) like these Monarchs pictured above. |
Danaus plexippus recently eclosed. |
Here is the butterfly garden in front of our house that may have attracted the abundance of butterflies this year. I have not seen so many Monarch visitors since this fall season several years ago. |
Already sporting festive Halloween coloring. |
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