The first porch butterfly hatched this morning. I knew he (watch for the two black dots on the lower wings) was close to hatching so hurried with the feeding and came back to the house to watch. While I was killing time I decided to wash the dishes...and missed the first 30 or so seconds. Housework...
While the weather is just as ugly as it could possibly be (way too hot and humid for a September morning!) it's perfect for a newly hatched butterfly and his wings were dry and he was ready to release in just a couple of hours.
I carried him out to the zinnias and carefully turned the hamper over so the top was open, set it on the bench, grabbed my camera...and zip he was gone! This was the only "release" picture I got.
He immediately got to drinking...probably because he was dehydrated because it's 9 million degrees...well, 90 degrees...
He had lots of company. I thought this butterfly (moth?) was very pretty.
And a swallowtail! I usually don't see many of those, but I'm hoping after all the caterpillars I found this summer there will be a big influx in the next week or so. I need to look up their hatch schedule.
Better than tv!
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