Missed the Monarch Butterfly Chrysalis — Found It Empty
Dot’s Thot: “Just when the caterpillar thought the world was
over, it turned into a butterfly.” –Unknown
Empty Monarch Butterfly Chrysalis
Dot’s Jot:
Quick Note — I had looked and looked for the chrysalis and could not find any. Then in mid-June I saw this one empty chrysalis — not that seafoam/turquoise gold-speckled chrysalis, but the empty pale tan husk that had released its butterfly.
It made sense — I had seen a number of Monarch Butterflies flitting about. I’ll be darned — tell people you are looking and then become optically dense — oh well, next round of butterflies, maybe. I just wanted to capture my own photos. Next, I should have some butterfly pictures.
One thing I know, the caterpillars smartly move away from the asclepsis or butterfly bushes to wrap themselves into their chrysalis hibernation nest. It must protect them from predators to be separated from the butterfly bushes they love. Aloha, Dot
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