![]() ![]() I've already released #6 and he shot straight up into the treetops, at least 100 feet up. Number 8 stubbornly refused to eclose until a little after noon. The first three (#6, #7, and #9) all eclosed (emerged) within 10 minutes of each other, around 9:30-ish this morning. I awoke to find 4 of my monarch chrysalis ready to pop open. Besides, I thought I'd spare you another Monarch. Although I've managed to get several species of butterfly "in flagrante dilecto", this is not a species I've been able to photograph this way before, so it made the blip choice kind of easy. ![]() Well, in less fanciful terms, it's a pair of Pearl Crescent butterflies, mating. The secret lives of butterflies.revealed! Pearlie made Boris fly away as quickly as possible, hauling her along in a most awkward and embarrassing position. Poor Pearlie Pearl Crescent was horrified when I showed up with my camera just as she and Boris were trying out a few positions of the Kamasutra. ![]()
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