The fabulous flying machine...

Another new one just strolled off the assembly line...

Down on the tarmac, viewed from the front. Wings are shown in the fixed anhedral angle configuration. In flight, they possess Full Lateral Angular Positioning Potential with Infinitesimally Nuanced Grace [FLAPPING] characteristics.

Close-up of chemical detection and 3D-orientation apparatus, articulated landing gear, and fuzz. Speculation as to the function of the latter has ranged from thermal insulation to reduction of micro-turbulence in airflow along the fuselage during flight operations. Unfortunately, the latter hypothesis has had to be discarded---we are informed by a Learned Source that there is no such thing as micro-turbulence, at least not in air at the speed of flight of a butterfly. New hypotheses therefore gratefully accepted.

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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...