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Butterfly emerging from chrysalis
Hi all,
I've been keeping a bit of an eye on the metallic-coloured chrysalis (a photo of which I posted last weekend), and I got lucky this morning. In between rain showers I went outside and managed to catch the butterfly emerging from the crysalis! First time I've ever seen this. It took only about 15 minutes to expand the wings to there full size, and it was amazing to watch. As soon as it emerged it started unfurling its probiscis, as if it was thinking "what's this bit for?". I saw it take its first flight as well, a couple of hours after emerging. Anyway, here are a few photos that I captured. Hope you like them!
Cheers,
Stephen
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