Best of Times Worst of Times 0784 - a photo on Flickriver

            Well, you might as well hear the whole story on this guy. I was yanking up spent poppy plants in my yard and lo and behold a perfect green Monarch pupa dropped to the ground. I was horrified. There was some hope though - a tiny threadlike piece was still attached to the pupa top. My old mind started working. I can tie it back onto a plant of my choice. With what? Kitchen twine was the only thing that came to my panicked mind. So first I tied it to the pupa thread, and then onto a milkweed stem. It looked really beautiful and healthy. In fact, by the next day the transformation started as the color pigments inside began to show. I knew it would eclose the next morning and I began to visualize how I would photograph the tiny spectacle. I checked the next day early, inspected for a chink in the pupa, and decided I had time for breakfast and filling the bird feeder. Duties done, I gathered my camera gear, and expected I would settle onto a low stool and watch the wondrous show. Here's the "worst of times" part 2. It was already out. I missed probably by 10 minutes since the wings were already straightened out. He (yup, another boy) was hot to trot too - gone within another hour or so. To quote another piece of literature:  "All's well that ends well."
   

Taken on: May 14, 2022

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Danaus plexippus

Monarch

back yard

butterfly

eclose

eclosing

insect

macro

milkweed

pupa

wildlife « less

Sets appears in: • Macro Insects, Spiders and Flowers

Groups appears in: • Macro Bugs • Born Free, Living Free

Camera: Sony ILCE-9M2, f/10.0, 1/400 sec, 90mm, ISO 640 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony ILCE-9M2
Lens:	FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS
Aperture:	f/10.0
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/400)
Focal Length:	90mm
ISO:	640
Exposure Bias:	-0.3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 11.3.1 (Windows)
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