Our last entry for the year. I appreciate the funny side of the blog has
been overshadowed by the butterfly situation. The jokes ares still
there, just click on a subject to the right. Anyway, this last blog
reveals the randy side of the Monarch butterfly.
I had a newborn female reluctant to fly away from the swan plant. I
tried to coax her to go and all she did was fly a few inches and attach
herself to my arm, steadfastly refusing to budge. I’ve always had that
kind of magnetism. After about ten minutes I took her over to some
flowers nearby and managed to get the love struck butterfly onto a
flower.
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My first selfie with a butterfly |
No sooner had I taken two steps back when a male swooped down on top of
her and made sure she was primed to lay eggs. She hadn’t even taken any
sustenance since entering the chrysalis stage.

If that wasn’t bad enough another suitor arrived and was trying to take
over. It wasn’t able to cut in on the activities but was very persistent
nonetheless. My camera wasn’t set up for action movement but you can
see well enough what was happening. They don’t waste any time getting on
with the necessary functions of life.
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If at first you don’t succeed…. |
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