Emerging Monarch! (Butterfly Metamorphosis, Part 2!)

8 more pictures in notes above! Please view to watch the amazing show!! :D
(The last picture is clickable and shows a line of chrysalis'...you can click on the picture to visit the picture and read more about my visit to Butterfly Adventures and learn more about Monarch Butterflies!)

Sometimes everything works out perfectly!! Steve and I went to the Jackson County Fair a month ago, and when I found out there was a butterfly exhibit, I couldn't wait to see it! Little did I know we'd get to walk inside the exhibit!! WOO HOO!!! I was a little kid in a candy store!! When I saw the boxes with butterfly chrysalis' glued to the tops, I was fascinated and thrilled to see the cocoons, but I never thought I'd actually get to see a butterfly actually emerge! In fact, the owner told me that in the five years he's done this, he's always missed the emerging. So of course I didn't expect to get that lucky.

However, as I was taking pictures of a Painted Lady butterfly sitting on one of the boxes, I noticed some movement, and saw that it was a Monarch emerging from its chrysalis, literally right there in front of me!! I had that camera up and clicking instantly to record the show!! I hope you enjoy the pictures as much as I enjoyed this incredible experience!