Another Julia emerged in our butterfly house yesterday, late, after the sun went down and the chilly Florida temperatures presented themselves. This beauty marks No. 17 that we raised from egg, which we “adopted,” if you will, from The Butterfly Estates. This beauty made its chrysalis way before Christmas. It sure took its time to make its grand entrance. It was not eager to fly away either this afternoon when the temperatures became warm, so I put it on one of our “Hurricane Ian self planted sunflowers,” where it remained for a while.


