Monday, August 16, 2010

More Monarchs Emerge






We woke to find 5 darkened chrysalid this morning. So far, 3 butterflies have emerged and we managed to catch 2 of them on video (Just for you Carol C!)

Monarch #2 emerges:




Here is Monarch #3 as it emerges:





For those of you who have not seen a monarch caterpillar as it makes a chrysalis, here is a video taken by my good friend Carol C:


2 comments:

Kristy... said...

What a GREAT video.. thank you so much for posting this, I have never seen it!

Anonymous said...

WOWOWOWOWOWOW! thanks so much for having these videos! I am afraid all our caterpillars, all 20 or more...will make their chrysali (?) while we are gone for spring break! We will be watching these tomorrow morning on the promethean board for sure! Wooot woooot from New Orleans!

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