Becoming a Butterfly

Of course I leave the room for a second and miss the butterfly dropping down out of the chrysalis case! But you can see that the Jade green chrysalis became translucent..and that is how you know its time for the emergence! The butterfly drops down all wrinkled and fat.Fluid begins to pump through its wings as they expand. The butterfly will be fully dry and ready to go tomorrow, Stay tuned for the release!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

That's pretty awesome!

[Alexander]

Superb observation of the most amazing natural metamorphosis I can think of, Hope!

[PamelaRae]

Oh Hope, this is just amazing and so awesome! I caught a gathering of monarchs this evening and it's so cool to get to see how they began...Wow!

[Allison]

How incredible! Thank you for sharing......looking forward to seeing more pictures :-)

[Mary Downing Hahn]

very impressive capture -- I've never seen a newly emerged butterfly.

[Ann M.]

Wonderful shots. Very nicely captured! This would be good for school kids to see.

[Kay Hodges]

Very impressive capture! I love that I got to see a newly emerged butterfly today with you!

[Janine]

Wow!! So cool. Can't wait to see the end result!

[Thomas Toth]

Wow...fantastic. Great capture.

[Cindy]

Wow! Looking forward to tomorrows pic!

[Debbie]

Awesome!! Shame you missed it emerge! Went to the butterfly park in Singapore and some of the chrysalises are just beautiful - shiny metallic looking and just amazing

[Tremerryn]

Congratulations, well captured :)

[belinda]

Great capture and diptych.

[Jackie greenfield]

I'm so glad you shared this ! Have never seen it before & probably never will again! How exciting Hope :-)

[Linda]

Wow! What a capture! You sure have patience :)

[Daryl O'Hare]

Oh, that is so cool!