Two Stages of the Butterfly

The Gardens had an outdoor screened house which later in the summer will be busy with butterflies. Found two caterpillars (tiny one near the top) and the chrysalis of another.

[Rick]

Sounds like a neat place to visit. Great shot on these guys.

[Harbie]

Great capture of this catepillar!

[aikimomm (phoebe)]

How interesting to see the two stages on the single plant -- nice!

[Diana]

A wonderful capture.

[Mariana Visser]

great capture

[Chris]

The second caterpillar looks particularly Large. Nice spotting.

[Issi Bannerman]

Great find! And nicely captured.

[Denise Wood]

Terrific find :)

[elkehochban]

Fab capture!

[Merrelyn]

Lovely to see all of this on one plant :)

[Lois]

Great capture!

[PhylM-S]

Whoa - how totally cool is this?! Awesome can't even cover it - magical!

[Casablanca]

He looks huge! What fabulous stripes. I wonder what the butterfly will look like?

[Gayle]

Wow! Great find and awesome shot! :-)

[Carole Sandford]

Great capture!

[Milanie]

@casablanca Most likely it's a monarch.

[Rick Schies]

An awesome capture of this beauty

[Peter Grave]

Nice capture