New Butterfly Drying his Wings
by Shelli Fitzpatrick
Title
New Butterfly Drying his Wings
Artist
Shelli Fitzpatrick
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
A brand new bordered patch butterfly has just emerged from his chrysalis and landed on a green plant to spread his still wet wings and dry them in the morning sun before he flys away to find flowers to feed on.
This is a special butterfly to me because I documented every stage of his life from the time he was a fuzzy caterpillar that was transforming into a pupa in the chrysalis and I kept him in a mason jar while I waited for him to morph into a butterfly and emerge from the chrysalis. Then I watched as he climbed out of the jar and flew to dry his wings and when they were dry he flew away and I saw him no more.
Most of the photos I took of this process were not very good quality but this one was very nice.
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February 23rd, 2022
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