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monarch from egg to butterfly

this all took place on a potted milkweed plant outside our condo in South Florida during the winter months
monarch egg Dec 13.jpg
monarch egg Dec 13.jpg		 caterpillar hatches after about 4 days
caterpillar hatches after about 4 days		 monarch instar
monarch instar		 adult caterpillar
adult caterpillar
ready to form chrysalis after about 2 weeks
ready to form chrysalis after about 2 weeks		 chrysalis formed.jpg
chrysalis formed.jpg		 chrysalis starting to darken
chrysalis starting to darken		 after about 10 days chrysalis ready to open
after about 10 days chrysalis ready to open
chrysalis opening.jpg
chrysalis opening.jpg		 emerging from chrysalis.jpg
emerging from chrysalis.jpg		 free of chrysalis.jpg
free of chrysalis.jpg

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Guest 26-Feb-2017 00:31
Wonderful series of nature. What was the time from beginning to end? You were lucky to find the egg initially, they follow. As Dr. MLK once said, "Free at Last"
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