Tutankhamen-Orr really, really had to come out today. Aghghg - a gaff of my own included today.
I had to run out to a Dr. appt early this morning, so went thru the Chrysalis that I thought should be on "high watch" for opening soon and put them in the appropriate holding area - COVERED!!!
And the rest of the Chrysalis are usually too new or too green in colour for me to think they will "pop" out. And I don't usually cover them - they can get breathing room that way.
Well....OOOPS! I came home to find Tut-Orr flying around my office everywhere! YIKES!!!!! He was in the group of the still green Chrysalis.
So - now ALL Chrysalis are covered and also, I was able to catch Tut-Orr and get him into the meshed hamper that I use to transport my Butterflies from my office down to the great garden of life.
I am getting much more confident handling these little critters and with that, think that if I do this next year, I will look into tagging the monarchs so that they can be tracked. They are truly quite a strongly built butterfly and can be handled - with extreme care - and taken on my hand for example: which I have been doing with the majority of my hatched butterflies.
Here are some pics of Tut-Orr- including the one that shows the 2 "pockets" or "dots" on his lower wings that indicate he is male.
Aphrodite and Tut-Orr together Aug 3 2010
Tut-Orr about 2.5 hours old
and
Awesome picture of Tut-Orr getting ready to go on Aug 3 2010
That is all for now - but keep tuned folks - I know that many of you will be waiting to see how your 'pillar turned out into a Monarch Butterfly.
Thank-you for keeping tuned - MNN
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