July

July

Metamorphosis, drawing, 2016


People across North America have been closely monitoring the declining population of the beloved monarch butterfly. And so, each July sightings are posted by friends near and far on social media. And we hope that this year the tables will turn for the better.  What a miraculous creature in all it’s stages! The monarch caterpillar is striped black, yellow and white. I can’t even properly describe the colour of the chrysalis -sort of turquoise or milky lime green? Best to just refer to the drawing I guess. Don’t forget to include the gold (!) dots banded around its top and near the bottom. Finally, the butterfly emerges in glorious orange, black and white. The black body actually has white polka dots. Purple flowered and fragrant, milkweed is the main food source of the monarch.

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