This morning a monarch butterfly hatched in the butterfly house, but some how fell to the bottom of the house. Luckily I found it in time and put it on a branch, so it could continue to hang and perfect its wings. This one marks No. 207, or 39 monarch hatches for this month alone, in the butterfly house.

When the butterfly first emerges from its chrysalis the proboscis, the butterfly’s straw for sipping nectar, is in two parts. The butterfly will use its two palpi, which are located on either side of the proboscis, in order to create a singular tube.