Open Contest Wildlife Photo Contest

[friednotscrambled]

Entry Two
Monarch Butterfly

Swallowtail

 

[troyer]

Are wild horses considered wildlife in this contest?

 

[my spoiled chickens]

we have a pair of geese around in our field this time of year also hawks,a Bald eagle,a great blue heron and turkeys and deer

 

[Evadig]

Swallowtail

Thanks! Are Monarchs the orange ones?

 

[CCsGarden]

Thanks! Are Monarchs the orange ones?

yes!

 

[Evadig]

yes!

Okay. I suppose I should have known that since I'm almost graduated from college...

 

[CCsGarden]

Okay. I suppose I should have known that since I'm almost graduated from college...

it's okay! don't worry!

 

[jnicholes]

Entry Two
Monarch ButterflyView attachment 3797411

Just for reference, that’s a swallowtail.

Here’s a story and some pictures about monarch butterflies.

We had a bunch of friends over and we were in the yard doing some stuff playing with kids. The kids found a monarch caterpillar far away from milkweed. We figured it would die if we didn’t give it something to eat, so we decided to put it in a jar with a stick and some dirt, and I gave it some milkweed. It started eating immediately. Here’s a picture.

After a while, this happened.

Then this happened.

Finally, after two weeks of being a chrysalis, it turned into a beautiful male monarch butterfly.

I put it outside, and it spread its wings and flew away.

That is what a monarch caterpillar, chrysalis, and butterfly looks like.

 

[jnicholes]

Dang it, I should’ve entered that Chrysalis photo. Oh well, I’ve already got four entries.

 

[CCsGarden]

Just for reference, that’s a swallowtail.

Here’s a story and some pictures about monarch butterflies.

We had a bunch of friends over and we were in the yard doing some stuff playing with kids. The kids found a monarch caterpillar far away from milkweed. We figured it would die if we didn’t give it something to eat, so we decided to put it in a jar with a stick and some dirt, and I gave it some milkweed. It started eating immediately. Here’s a picture.

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After a while, this happened.

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Then this happened.

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Finally, after two weeks of being a chrysalis, it turned into a beautiful male monarch butterfly.

I put it outside, and it spread its wings and flew away.

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That is what a monarch caterpillar, chrysalis, and butterfly looks like.

Nice little story!