Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Look who emerged this morning!, 1 by LouisianaMark

LouisianaMark wrote:
The second of my 4 Giant Swallowtails emerged this morning, less than 12 hours after Tropical Storm Cindy blew through (the eye passed about 50 miles east of us). I got home from work last night just after midnight, and found that my cage had been blown over on its side (we had some 40 mph gusts). I thought it would be protected enough on the back patio right up against the house, but I was wrong. The orange tree inside the cage was on its side, with some of the soil knocked out. All but 1 of the chrysalises were OK (one was smushed). I moved the cage in the garage for the rest of the night, and the butterfly emerged about an hour after I took the cage back out this morning.

I got a good pic with the wings closed, but as soon as it opened its wings, it started fluttering, and when I opened the cage door, it bolted out. We had pretty good weather today, so I think it was probably OK.

Here's one of the pics I got.

Mark