Close-up shots...

As new close-up shots of butterflies are taken they'll be uploaded here. Unless you have a 24" monitor, you'll probably need to scroll these to see the entire image.

This first one is a butterfly being released a few hours after emerging. He's hanging onto fennel and getting warmed by the sun. Note the coiled proboscis. These guys are actually pretty furry, aren't they?! And what big eyes they have!

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The condo, nursery, bassinet, and pupa pad...
Tools...
Time for chow...
Beware store-bought food!
The preferred foods...
Convergence...
Newborn...
Reasoning with a youngster...
Pumpkerpillars...
Twins...
A tiny wasp larva intervenes...
Don't toss out that drowned cat!
Silk...
Frass...
Something there is in a fennel plant that loves a caterpillar egg...
Cats can be a handful... Applying low voltage...
Time to roam...
Contortion...
It's pupating where??
What is that weird thing?!
Dunno--that pupa looks sort of dead...
No harness? Stop worrying...
Emergence...
The butterfly...
Girl or Boy?
The fabulous flying machine...
Full Span...
The antennae...
The proboscis...
Close-up...
Home Feeding...
Lifespan Timeline...