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I have been enchanted for weeks by caterpillars, chrysalis’ and monarch butterflies. I had the good fortune of capturing a video of a monarch emerging from its chrysalis a few days ago. I hope you enjoy this as much I did: Check out Monarch butterflies unfolding my heart part 1.
Read More The Butterfly is the end of the story, or maybe it is the beginning? A few months ago, I noticed six or seven hungry monarch caterpillars finishing off the last leaves on a tall stalk of milkweed. I panicked, how will they survive? I transported the caterpillars to other milkweed plants with plenty of…
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