by Anura Guruge
on August 16, 2022
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NOT my doing & I am NOT taking any credit for this. All I am doing his documenting it.
‘They’ (& we will NOT mention any names) found the caterpillar while I was away on the ‘Bold Coast‘ at the start of August. When I came home the caterpillar had already become a chrysalis. Hence why I have no pictures of the caterpillar — but start with the pupa.
In 2019 we did rescue an injured monarch & nursed him for 10 days. We had used the same BIG plastic bottle.
This morning I noticed that the butterfly had emerged. It could NOT have been out for long.
Per the norm of the day, ‘Google’ provided guidance as what to do next. Again, I was not involved.
We do have a fully enclosed, covered deck brimming with plants. It makes a perfect, temporary, very safe, V. LARGE butterfly sanctuary. The butterfly was put in there. It is supposed to rest for 24 hours. So they brought in the recently hand-painted, hanging butterfly house from outside & put in inside the deck — with a collection of fresh flowers. They also cut some fresh fruit for it. We do look after our critters (or at least do our best). You can see these efforts in the last set of photos.
In a few days we will let it OUT. Set it FREE. That was always the goal.
