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Monarch – Day 25

Chrysalis Day 9, originally uploaded by eclectic echoes..

25 days after hatching from an egg, 9 days after becoming a chrysalis, this was at 6am, by 8pm the female monarch was out and ready to go free.

Free, originally uploaded by eclectic echoes.

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

SubPhylum

Hexapoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Family

Danaidae (Milkweed Butterflies

Genus

Danaus

Species

Danaus plexippus

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Posted on September 17th, 2008 under Arthropoda, Insecta, Lepidoptera, Life Photo
Tags: chrysalis, Danaus plexippus, eclosion, Monarch Butterfly.
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10 Responses to “Monarch – Day 25”

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   Flickr: JimBobTx:
   September 16th, 2008 at 7:04 pm

   Amazing! The change in the color, texture, etc. is just awesome. This has been a great experience, from the egg on th plant to this chrysalis. I’m looking forward to the butterfly in eager anticipation. Thanks for sharing this with all of us!!

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   Flickr: glennisd:
   September 18th, 2008 at 5:57 am

   wow! so cool!

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   Kate:
   September 18th, 2008 at 9:43 pm

   wow… OK, that was amazing. I loved every minute! Now, what do you have for an encore?

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   Flickr: shesnuckinfuts:
   September 19th, 2008 at 3:21 am

   How exciting! What a fun learning experience!

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   Flickr: shesnuckinfuts:
   September 19th, 2008 at 3:23 am

   Wow!! What an awesome shot!! I agree with JimBob… It’s been fun to watch this – Thanks for sharing!

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   Oliemadottie:
   September 19th, 2008 at 3:00 am

   That’s so exciting! Thanks for sharing those. I may have missed this somewhere, but what kind of camera did you use to get those awesome close up shots?

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   Eric:
   September 19th, 2008 at 5:52 pm

   @Oliemadottie: Thanks!

   I used a Canon EOS 1DmkII for all the photos.
   The lens was a Canon 100mm macro and I used extension tubes for most of them. For the images of the monarch egg and the 1st and second instars I also used a 1.4x teleconverter with the extension tubes.

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   Flickr: bug_girl_mi:
   October 6th, 2008 at 2:38 pm

   That’s an incredible shot!

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   Flickr: the mad LOLscientist:
   December 26th, 2008 at 10:13 pm

   Wow. When I was in 4th grade I found a Monarch chrysalis and took it to school. Everyone freaked out when it turned transparent like this. I was bummed out when it "hatched overnight – I sooooo wanted to see it happen!

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    Flickr: Blorgie1:
    September 3rd, 2012 at 5:10 am

    So beautiful

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