Herb garden VS Swallowtail caterpillars

[toobusytostitch]

Wow - he's so beautiful!!!!

Thank you SO much for this thread - it has really gripped me and it is so lovely to see the best outcome for him!

[La Ptite Bete]

Congrats Digitlanalog !!!



He's so beautiful... must be hard to let them leave... fly away... !!

[RMDC]

Omedeto! He's really beautiful!

[BooChocoBoom]

Pretties!!! Good luck, little guy!

[Ishtar]

Awww... we all shed a tear as one babies leaves the nest.

Good luck in the wide world little buddy. May you live till old butterfly age =)

Thank you Digitlanalog for sharing the journey with us so far!

[petitcat]

wow. so beautiful.

should make a pattern of the last picture, those wings are truly amazing.

[Digitlanalog]

Late monarch update!
2 days out~


The night before!
(a little blurry but I didn't want to disturb them too much at this point)


And of course since all Monarchs seem to take great delight in me missing them do ANYTHING except eating and sleeping, Here he is drying off outside in the yard.


Two more are emerging tomorrow morning, hopefully I'll have the chance to get a decent picture or who knows maybe even catch them in action lol /crosses fingers!

[RMDC]

Those are gorgeous - especially that first shot, with the translucent chrysalis and those beautiful gold spots. Enter that one into a contest or fair!

[toobusytostitch]

Fantastic pics - you've got a real knack for taking these great close up pictures.

So exciting watching them transform!

[m4pl3g1rl]

I can not get over how incredibly beautiful that chrysalis is! The little jewels are amazing. I can't think of a logical reason for them except maybe that the Monarchs like to be 'fancy'. So beautiful!