Monarch Butterflies are Emerging

We have been releasing Monarch Butterflies all week. Most of them look great but there are the few sad ones that emerge with some deformities like bent or shriveled wings. Below you can see three examples of chrysalis and the one on the far right will not make it to becoming a butterfly but the one on the left looks like it will emerge any minute and you can even see the beautifully formed orange wings. The green one in front looks healthy.

Three Chrysalis the new green one, about to hatch is black and one that has gone bad
Monarch fresh out of the chrysalis
Release the Monarch
Monarch Feeding for the first time
Monarchs love Milkweed

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