Hello, I’m Mike Chervinko, a serious amateur photographer who aim is to capture the rare, the unusual and the beautiful in nature. My wife raises Monarch butterflies and I have fallen in love with photoing them and their lifecycle. It takes great patiences and determination to capture such intimate moments in their lives and I’m grateful for having the opportunity to do so. In taking so many photos of them I have created a photo essay documenting most of the key aspects of their lives, especially their lives with us.
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Chrysalis Formation #1
Chrysalis Formation #2
Chrysalis Formation #3
Young Chrysalis
Mature Chrysalis
Moments Before Eclosing (hatching)
Emergence Begins
And continues
And Continues
Push Push Push
And Push a Little Harder
Almost There
Zipping the Proboscis
Aaaannnddd Free!
Pant Pant Pant
Wiggle Wiggle Wiggle
A Few More Wiggles
Making Wings Bigger
Flight Ready
But Before I Go, So Long Friends
Release Time!
But First a Show Off and a Drink
And Gone!
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I'm in the Midwest where Milkweed is abundant. No plant is a weed and any plant can be a weed. That is a term is used for any plant growing where some human doesn't want it to ;-).
These are nice pictures. It would be nice to know where you are. Here in Arizona there is a movement to encourage people to plant milkweeds because lack of adequate nutrition is likely a main cause of their decline. Milkweeds are weeds and are removed for agricultural purposes and housing developments.
I'm in the Midwest where Milkweed is abundant. No plant is a weed and any plant can be a weed. That is a term is used for any plant growing where some human doesn't want it to ;-).
These are nice pictures. It would be nice to know where you are. Here in Arizona there is a movement to encourage people to plant milkweeds because lack of adequate nutrition is likely a main cause of their decline. Milkweeds are weeds and are removed for agricultural purposes and housing developments.
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