Cool! He's awfully exposed, though --- hope nothing comes along and nabs him for dinner...

• Adult butterflies emerge from the chrysalides in 7 to 10 days

Fingers crossed it survives, it will be on my daily watch. It was difficult to get this photo, there is an empty trellis in front of the chain link, had to maneuver my iPad between the them, extra protection?

Sherry

Hopefully you get to see it emerge .......so cool !

Hope it makes it. We need all the Monarchs we can get.

kay

Could you put it somewhere more safe without injuring it?

Ooh ooh ohh! So exciting.

What a wonderful sighting Sherry. Since it is turning bluish it shouldn't be too long now. I hope you get to see it emerging!

Wondering what happened with the crysalis Sherry ???????

Here is what I see today, it’s been 8 days, still hangin in there, lol!

Sherry

Make sure you let us know when it happens!!! So exciting!

Yes please do. I am excited to see too.

Thanks for the update. Somewhere between day 10-14 the green will become transparent and then things will happen fast.

tj

Maybe start a new thread as it’s opening if you catch it doing so.

This thread will work fine.

tj

Had some rain today. Another difficult to capture photo. There is a darkish line on the side of the chrysalis, difficult to see here next to the fencing shadow.

This morning,, getting darker.

It’s near, it’s near!!!!!!

Keep an eye on it. It will go quickly now.

tj

So cool... thank you for sharing!!!

This morning.

It should open anytime now. the wings will be small at first and the body large and then the body shrinks and the wings grow larger. it will take alittle time for it to be able to fly. My kids and I used to raise them, they are one of God's beautiful creatures.

Very neat! It should open soon!

Debra

Following this exciting event.

Julia

I can not imagine an “over abundance” of butterflies {wink}. Love watching the monarchs emerge. Last year was my first time helping and I released 25 of them. So, SO gratifying.

Yup a Monarch !!! How wonderful !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now at noon, almost missed it. It only took an hour, if that, the wings are still soft. So cool!

Sherry

Success! How amazing this whole process is. Thanks for sharing this with us, Sherry!

Thanks for keeping us updated. Great thread.

tj

You are so lucky to have seen the final stage, thank you for taking us along Sherry!

Awesome!!!

Really enjoyed it... what a beauty, thank you :)

Ditto what everyone else said - such a fun thread!!

This was very fun, sherry. thank you for sharing.

Congrats, a special event to monitor ;)

I shared the link with my daughter... she really enjoyed it too!

This has been fun, Sherry. I have been sharing it with my grandchildren who had a gazillion questions every time with every new picture-which is fine!! Today's comment from the five year old: "Caterpillars are so yucky ugly but they sure know how to turn out pretty!" Thank you for keeping up with this and sharing it. It was very special.

I'm always amazed how something that looks so ugly and wormlike in earliest lifecycle transforms into something so pretty in it's final stage.

I mean I know that a caterpillar is essentially just an eating machine :)

WOW!! Incredible journey......thank you so much for sharing this with it us. It was amazing!

Thanks for sharing the whole process.

This is so cool....that you got the whole process! Glad it all worked out for the monarch. Thanks again for sharing!

Great story! Thanks for sharing. We have had a lot of Monarchs this year but I have not spotted a chrysalis ever.

My grandkids from Missouri were here last summer. They spotted some Monarch larva on some milkweed. They were so excited, and I was too, enjoying that they knew what they were.

Thanks for the excitement. Wonderful!

I hadn't seen this thread before Sherry. You sound like a really caring mommy and her hew baby Enjoyed your journey. Not many get to view this event