Friday, May 30, 2014

The Chrysalises Are Hatching!



The Black Swallowtail chrysalises are beginning to hatch into absolutely beautiful butterflies!

The first two hatched a couple weeks ago.  Last week four more hatched out.  

Oddly, all six appear to have been females.  Wonder why - diet? temperature? or the fact that they were caged and kept in the garage all winter?  Interesting...

There are several more chrysalises. I suspect they'll also be hatching soon.  Hopefully they'll stick around our yard this summer.

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