A little Swee building its nest, some other birds and shots of a chrysalis. It is a small Swee Waxbill. I like to source the birds in order for the readers to find more information on each bird at the

Last September I found two caterpillars munching on the anise stems in the garden. I put them both into my butterfly cage and fed them fresh greens daily. Within three days they went into the chrysalis

We found several caterpillars in our garden one day. My son (5 years old) was fascinated and started talking to them. He knew they would turn into butterlies eventually since he is a huge fan of the tales

We have our first newborn of the year! This monarch emerged from the chrysalis you see below it. We saw it when it was sunning itself on the rock, letting its wings dry out before flying off to new adventures.

My patch of narrowleaf milkweed often attracts monarch butterflies in the springtime. This year was abundant! The photo sequence attached shows the journey of one particular monarch I found. It started

It's monarch butterfly season in Southern California, as the migration moves northward. Thanks to generous rain and some groundclearing at home, there's pleanty of California native narowleaf milkweed

Talking about IOTA. A tangle of potential.

Photos of a Monarch butterfly

About a week ago a lone caterpillar decided to build it's chrysalis on our back fence. Shortly before hatching, the pod turned translucent and we could see the newly formed butterfly inside! Photo taken

If you saw my earlier post to the Butterfly Day contest then you are aware that last Thursday and Friday we had a caterpillar invasion. Hundreds of these mourning cloak caterpillars were all over the house,

Well i actually got a bit of responce from the community so here are a few more photos. again shot by my grandfather. This time of some monarch caterpillars. Only about 2 days old at this point. Prepared

This cocoon was attached to one of my pumpkins. It is still in that condition, and I think it will not turn into a butterfly, because the winter is already here. Image source: My phone Thank you for stopping

This is a piece that I did in May of last year. I had a dream about her, probably because I watched a documentary about Monarch butterflies before I went to bed. I was walking through the forest and came

Had an interesting discussion this morning concerning the platform Steemit. I think it is full steem ahead. I needed to have a url where I could find my avatar, so i figgered to post it here. Note that

The caterpillar turns to liquid before turning into a butterfly. Liquid. Thus washing away any speck of his caterpillar self as he lies completely vulnerable to his environment in his chrysalis shell.

Hey guys, I've been experimenting with my macro lens. The weather is pretty trash, but I think this came out OK. This is an old chrysalis which a butterfly recently emerged from.

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The caterpillar turns to liquid before turning into a butterfly. Liquid. Thus washing away any speck of his caterpillar self as he lies completely vulnerable to his environment in his chrysalis shell.