Sunday, October 4, 2015

Repost of a Sunday Miracle from 2012




Sunday at 7:51 AM I found this Gulf Fritillary caterpillar hanging on the chain over the bananas.


In ONE HOUR this little guy hung upside down, and started to swing  back and forth, while I stood and stared and of course Snapped! from above  to below in under and hour. I checked on the web and found this info.
Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) caterpillar sheds skin to reveal a fresh chrysallis underneath. The swinging motion is to shed the skin. it only took 10 minutes to go from caterpillar to below.





15 days for a butterfly to emerge












19 comments:

  1. What a wonderful thing to witness!!

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  2. Amazing! Indeed a miracle to witness Thanks for sharing. Jo

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  3. fascinating. Always fun when you get to witness something like this

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  4. I hope 15 days later you took a photo of the butterfly and that you will show it to us again 15 days from now!

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  5. Mad snapper your quick trigger finger captured a beautiful series of photos
    Hugs
    C

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  6. That was pretty cool! You are right - a miracle.

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  7. Amazing photos and post.

    Mother Nature gifts us so much. I'm glad you were able to witness this miracle. They are all around us. Sometimes I forget to stop and look.

    Thanks.

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  8. Very exciting! I have never seen a caterpillar form a chrysalis and would LOVE to!

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  9. Oh this is very interesting Sandra to have seen all.

    Perfect timing. We really only have the Monarch butterfly where I lived before and now so will be interesting to see what you get.


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  10. And this s why I visit the Butterfly Farm every day for two weeks when on vacation...:)JP

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  11. That was super cool. I've never seen the caterpillar or the butterfly before. It's fascinating to watch the time lapse video.

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  12. Metamorphosis is amazing, no matter how many times one sees it.

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