Metamorphosis of a Monarch Butterfly Photo Gallery by Susanne v. Schroeder at pbase.com

Metamorphosis of a Monarch Butterfly

This year we've let the Monarch caterpillars eat our various milkweed plants in and around our greenhouses. As a result we are able to watch the whole metarmorphosis - from egg to larva, pupa to butterfly. It is a fascinating process to watch and one of the many miracles nature has to offer. I've spent hours waiting to witness and capture the moment when the butterfly emerges out of its chrysalis. Several times I missed it just by seconds...

Monarch butterfly larva feeding on Milkweed
Just a little guy
	Starting to make a pupa
Almost completed pupa	Gold dotted chrysalis
Changing color	Almost ready to emerge
Just emerged
	Stretching the wings




Male Monarch	In all it's beauty - Female Monarch

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Rick Ulmer		15-Nov-2009 01:52
Very well done something most people don't get to see. Thanks for the patience.

Birte Person		30-Oct-2007 03:27
Beautiful gallery, and well worth recording, since we are set to loose a lot of the worlds butterflies, population has already gone down 30% since 1970.

Milan Vogrin		31-Aug-2007 16:28
Very nice presentation! Well done!

Photo Club Pavillonnais		30-Jul-2007 20:38
Extraordinaire série, quelle métamorphose, quel papillon !!! V Didier

Karthik Raja		18-Jul-2007 03:24
Perfect! Vote! I love this. Here's my collection. http://www.pbase.com/yardbird/favorites_themes_butterflies I am adding your gallery to my Butterflies topic. Hope you don't mind.

Mike Pearson		18-Jul-2007 02:04
Susanne - An excellent presentation - thanks for sharing. Mike

Xavi Barneda		15-Jul-2007 19:16
Fascinating and instructive gallery! V!

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