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08-Sep-2023

Relocated a Monarch from a table bottom to a twig

When we were camping at Kelleys Island last week, we were parked about 30' from a large pollinator patch of milkweed and dozens of other native plants. We came home last Friday and left for another short camping trip on Monday. When packing up yesterday, I was folding up the small table that sits under our canopy and noticed a Monarch Chrysalis attached under the table. It rode in the van for over 500 miles. They attach themselves to the bottom of surfaces so when the butterfly emerges, it can hang there for an hour and fully develop. They use a sticky spiderweb type material to attach to objects, so I picked that material free from the table and tied a string to it and placed it on a twig to keep in our enclosure.
(if you look closely, you can see the pattern of the Monarch's wings)

Nikon D750
1/60s f/20.0 at 300.0mm iso1600 full exif

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Steve Thuman09-Sep-2023 13:18
Great save! Looks close to emerging soon.
Eloine 09-Sep-2023 08:49
Amazing job! I had no idea.
Liz Bickel09-Sep-2023 07:00
Great job and interesting photos.
Laura Milholland09-Sep-2023 03:26
Really cool story, Jack. And a couple of terrific shots.