Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Born Again

It reminds me of the old song, "Bullfrogs and Butterflies." You know, they've both been born again. We had great times this summer hunting for monarch butterfly caterpillars and eggs. I found this one at Sibley State Park gnawing on a leaf. It ate nearly the entire leaf by the time we got home (pooped on me several times, too).

A day later it made its chrysillis and we got to watch it break free a week or so later. It is truly amazing.



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  1. AnonymousSeptember 3, 2009 at 9:36 AM

    I remember finding those caterpillars on either milkweed plants or on the dill plants in Mom's garden. Did the chrysillis have the little gold thread around the top? It is a wonder. And I haven't thought about "Bullfrogs and Butterflies" for a long time, either! I'll have to get out all my kid songs' tapes before too long! Hmmm...I wonder if I can find a tape player to play them on??? So glad you're blogging! Thanks for the call.

    Love you. Aunt Sharon

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