One of the most amazing transformations in nature is the change from caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly. Yesterday morning I saw this beautiful butterfly. He had just emerged from the chrysalis, look carefully and you will see the fawn coloured chrysalis below him.
He was drying his wings ready to face the big wide world.
It is sometimes annoying to see the damage the caterpillars make to the plants. But when they transform to such a beautiful creature as this I don’t mind feeding them.
Living in Paradise... 
One of the worst things about studying entomology in school was pinning such butterflies and insects. What was worse was when they did not die right away.
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Oh dear I would find that very hard to do
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We used ‘kill jars’ but I did not know that I was supposed to get mine ‘charged’ with the chemical that kills them. (It gets soaked into a plaster disc in the lit of the jar.) I would put my insects into the jar, but they would not die. Overnight, they would stop moving, so I thought that they were dead, and so I would pin them. As the day warmed up, they would start moving again. It was not pretty, and creeped out Brent, who was my roommate in the dorms at the time. I had a hard time in that class.
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Oh dear that creeps me out too Tony
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I am sorry. They were not as creepy as a wallaby.
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I always think it’s an incredible process. What a beauty! X
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Usually they are flitting about and hard to get a decent photo so this was a real bonus to have it just posed still for me.
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I know what you mean and he is a real beauty, not sure I can feel quite the same about a cabbage white!
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Well I agree cabbage white are in a different category I haven’t any vegies at the moment so don’t see any of them.
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I didn’t have anywhere near the number I had last year, I think the wet spring killed off a lot of butterflies.
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Not so many butterflies over here either. I think it is lack of gardens, bigger houses taking up all the garden space.
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Like you I have been having trouble getting back negotiating wordpress.
Hope I have it sorted out now, I went back to the laptop.
With all your different pen names it was not easy getting through.
May be it is a case of ‘use it or loose it’.
Did You get my comment on the Desert Rose post?
You do great posts and when I am mentioned caring people know I am Ok.
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Yes the comments are coming through ok
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[…] Transformation, natures magical moment. – Living in Paradise… […]
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It’s getting so rare to see butterflies, many insects, that this is even more special and beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
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Houses are getting so big now that there is no space left for gardens any more. Often the space left is concreted over for easy maintenance
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Yes – it’s a trend here too😕
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Indeed it is a magical transformation. The beauty of Nature.
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I was lucky to catch the moment as shortly after it had flown away
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Yes. I researched the sunrise/sunset times before I went. Don’t want to travel that distance then miss the crucial moment by a few minutes
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True magic, isn’t it. This butterfly is very beautiful. I saw in your comments about pinning them up…fortunately we do not do that anymore. We take photos instead.
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A much better way to study them.
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Definetely.
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I’m with you on that attitude.. when you witness the transformation, it’s just fine if they’ve used your own plants/gardens in order to survive – and evolve!
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Not as many butterflies around as there used to be. Not so many gardens either
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Beautiful and what perfect timing!
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I go round the garden before breakfast and was lucky to see it. 5 minutes later it made a very wobbly flight away as it tested its wings.
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You were able to capture Mother Nature at her very best. 🙂
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Amazing isn’t it…
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