A monarch caterpillar creating its chrysalis in my new beautiful butterfly house. It’s always fascinating to watch.
The “dance”
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My kind of “egg” hunt
My kind of “egg” hunt resulted in finding three different butterfly species chrysalis throughout the garden – monarch, gulf fritillary, and orange barred sulphur. . . This monarch caterpillar was just finishing its chrysalis right outside my front door. My kind of Easter egg hunt.
On the lookout
With the sun shining and temperatures warm, I decided to do some maintenance in the garden. My scorpion tail bush has grown out of control, into the sidewalk, as well as popping up in the most random places, so I decided to do a little trimming.
With my 7 year olds watchful eye, she noticed 4 monarch chrysalis attached to branches I had cut off. I always wonder where the caterpillars disappear, as their chrysalis are not always in plain sight. These four really crawled deep into the vegetation to make their chrysalis. They are now in our butterfly house, so they can emerge safely.
Everywhere
It’s been amazing to see the amount of monarch caterpillars in the gardens. Even more amazing are the chrysalis that are popping up in and around the garden. Some caterpillars have crawled a good distance to make a chrysalis on my garage doors, to the side of the house, and of course on posts in the garden.
Another chrysalis
When I took a peak into the butterfly house this morning, one of the monarch caterpillars had already begun its chrysalis. This never gets old! I absolutely love the “dance” at the end. I did not have my camera handy, just the phone this time, but another capture of the magnificent transformation, nonetheless.