Wildflowers & Insects

"A New Mourning"

A caterpillar formed the chrysalis, but a brand new Mourning Cloak butterfly emerged from it a few weeks later. Her new wings are wrinkled at first, so she must hang upside-down to let her wings unfold and harden for an hour. Only then will she make her very first flight.

butterflymourning cloakNymphalis antiopaCamberwell BeautyMontanastate butterflyJohn Ashley