#swallowtails

And not any caterpillar, as it will become a Citrus Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio demodocus). I wondered about its thoughts as it looked at me with one eye. The lemon tree in our backyard is fairly sheltered

This past week I had 3 males, and one female that emerged from their cocoons. This las male Monarch stayed with me on the back porch for a long time. This is a few moments after it emerged from the chrysalis.