I took over 30 photos of monarch #4 and virtually all of them were out of focus. Ah well… a GoPro ‘aint a short focal length device. (I like to use my old GoPro because it’s not a snitch machine like a cell phone. It’s just a damn camera. However, it’s not as good at stills as a cell.) Also the reason to do things is to do them… not to make the photo.
This particular monarch chose to build his chrysalis on the jar lid itself. So I screwed the lid off and propped it up on some scraps of pallet stock. (BTW: The pallet stock is for another campout / adventure. I mentioned the pallet approach here. It works incredibly well.)
See the wings sticking out?
Born on a truck tailgate. The most ‘Merican way to be!
He fluttered off to my old boat trailer but ran out of steam. He spent another 20 minutes getting up the gumption to finally head out.
And then he was gone.
Have a great day y’all.
A.C.
P.S. By the time you read this I’ll be off grid. Don’t fret if it takes a day or tow before your comments pop up.
Thank you for your butterfly posts.
I actually got to see a few monarchs during a recent trip where I was helping my brother move to Canada.
Been attempting to re-attract the wildlife behind my outbuilding myself: I have a cat that’s been coming around and eating the bagels I leave out for critters. The mice seem to be long gone, and the possum hasn’t come around any more. (Bagel-possum was a connoisseur: He’d only eat the bagels if they were fresh, otherwise he’d give the camera a glare and turn up his nose at stale ones that had been out a little too long.)
Lots of lightning bugs in the field behind my house (soybeans this year, so I can see them.)
So, kansas somehow rendered as canada. My brain is missing today. Goodnight.
No worries, Canada has monarchs too. Just like the US, except they measure flowers in metric.