Thursday, August 9, 2012

示範打飛機


Great White Shark vs. Seals


Dature~classes

tonight's nature~classes have come to a screeching halt for the summer, but my photography ops are still available!:


grasshopper nymph


dragonfly~


balloon flower



balloon flower ready to pop





Down on the farm~~

down on the farm~~:
Every day brings new experiences here on Robin's Nest Acres. 
On my way in the door last evening, I spotted a large brightly colored, furry moth.
It was an I.O. moth...one of my favorites, a medium sized moth of the Buck Moth group.
A male as you can see by the bright yellow color and large furry antennae.

he was nice enough to climb upon my finger for 
some close ups...







What a miracle!

MCATS~morphing, what a miracle, what an honor and blessing to experience this three times over in one day...:
Monarch caterpillar in "J" form awaiting it's metamorphosis into 
a chrysalis...


here you can see the long black tentacles all shriveled and twisted up
a true sign that metamorphosis is about to take place.



the cat begins to straighten out as the 
chrysalis begins to bulge and pop the skin


here you see the skin splitting just between the twisted black tentacles



and the chrysalis becomes more and more 
unveiled...





til it has almost all appeared and 
the cat squiggles and squirms round and round
in order to get the old skin to drop off



it finally drops off as the caterpillar twists and twists around
apparently securing itself even more to the top of the container



finally settling down, it begins to dry


and harden, you can see at this time where the butterfly 
head is, and antennae and even the legs will eventually be



here is a completely dry chrysalis all ready to begin
the metamorphosis into a beautiful adult monarch
butterfly... in about 10-14 days


each day there will be changes and I will photograph them as I can and post them...
an exciting time! 


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