On Thursday, Sept.3, two of our Monarch cocoons were almost completely black and our beautiful butterflies were ready to come out! Sadly our 1st cocoon never matured. How amazing to watch these darken and you can see the colors of the wings through the cocoon.

Here is the first one just out of the cocoon, wings still wet.

Looking through the jar. How amazing are those wings!

The next day, we set them out on the porch to fly away. One of them decided to stay with us a while and perched on my wreath out back for a bit before traveling.

We do this every year, and somehow still, it’s always so amazing!

Tags: caterpillar, Monarch Butterflies

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