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Success!

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Another monarch butterfly emerged successfully from its chrysalis in our butterfly house, making our total rise to 140 healthy hatches.

You would think after so many, it might become a little boring to witness. I have to admit the excitement only enhances, as we have witnessed that for one reason or another, not all are able to hold on tight, hanging with its wings downward drying successfully to flap and fly away. Those who end up with crumpled wings live out their lives in our butterfly house with plenty of nectar.

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A calmness

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Another successful morning in the butterfly house with three new beauties, two males and one female monarch butterfly emerging from their chrysalis.

There is such a calmness that washes over me when I watch these butterflies enter the world, climbing onto my fingers and taking its first flight after their wings are dry.

No. 130

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Four more monarch butterflies hatched successfully today taking our total count to 130 that we have released.

My husband built our first butterfly house on June 13, 2021. It has since been downsized and moved on our porch, as something was breaking through the screen to take the chrysalis when located outdoors. Our first monarch butterfly hatch was on June 23, just 10 days later. Our caterpillar raising has not been consistent since last June, until the past few months, as we have had a healthy supply of new caterpillars continually entering our butterfly house and finishing its life cycle. When you start to raise caterpillars, you see first hand that not all make it to a butterfly.

For more information about monarch butterflies, as well as photos from our garden, click https://sweetbutterflybliss.com/monarch-butterfly/?frame-nonce=efe6bbc090