I love nature. as long as it’s not a SPIDER.
I had been hoping that Fred wouldn’t ‘hatch’ from his chrysalis until tomorrow so we’d be home to watch it, but he was already out and beautiful by the time we got home tonight. Maggie was fascinated by his pretty colors and kept flapping her arms and saying ‘BUTTERFLY! BA-COOON! CATERPILLAR!’
I was going to try and wait until morning to let him go so Maggie could watch, but he was flitting around inside the jar like he wanted out. I opened the lid and he climbed onto my finger for moment, then he took off flying through the kitchen!
Dan finally caught up with him and took him outside, where he sat for a few moments and I was able to get a better shot of his wings.
So gorgeous.
Then he took off into the night. Have fun in Mexico!
Hard to believe he looked like this less than 2 weeks ago.
Nature is cool.
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Nature is SO cool! This is awesome! Did you just find him on your property?
My mom and I were walking at a park nearby and we found him there!
How awesome!! This is sooooo neat.
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that is so cool!! I have a great, kinda sad story about a butterfly!! so they have special meaning to me. :)
How fun! I have a little boy in my Sunday School class that tells me all about his caterpillar/butterfly adventures weekly. It’s just as amazing to see kids get caught up in nature as it is to watch nature happen.
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Fred kicks ass!
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Very pretty but I don’t think I’d want to touch it.
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I was a bit freaked out at first, but he climbed right on my finger and just sat there. It was actually really cool! I felt very One With Nature, ha
How cool! I hope that your little one could appreciate the pictures, anyway, even if she didn’t get to see first hand.
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I bet she was super cute looking and learning about the butterfly. Great pictures, by the way. :D
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Fred is so pretty! Do you know what type of butterfly he is?
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He’s a monarch butterfly!
So beautiful!! :D
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