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“The last of the monarch butterflies emerged from her chrysalis today. Farewell Monarchs! Bon voyage and bonne chance! I’ve marveled in awe as you’ve gone from tiny instar caterpillars, to big fourth instar caterpillars, to pupating into chrysalises, to metamorphosing into butterflies who can fly to a forest in Mexico 2,000 miles away.”
Courtesy Zoe Weil
“The last of the monarch butterflies emerged from her chrysalis today. Farewell Monarchs! Bon voyage and bonne chance! I’ve marveled in awe as you’ve gone from tiny instar caterpillars, to big fourth instar caterpillars, to pupating into chrysalises, to metamorphosing into butterflies who can fly to a forest in Mexico 2,000 miles away.”
Courtesy Zoe Weil
A snapping turtle just after emerging from hibernating, buried in the mud. This is where the Native American legends of the Earth being brought into existence and carried on the shell of a turtle originated from.
Courtesy Esoteric Empyre