{"id":4053,"date":"2015-08-14T10:19:06","date_gmt":"2015-08-14T15:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/?p=4053"},"modified":"2022-03-21T14:46:50","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T19:46:50","slug":"metamorphosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/14\/metamorphosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Metamorphosis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sarah picked up two wild monarch caterpillars and an egg this summer and we’ve been raising them and releasing the butterflies. Below are some pictures of the process, though not all pictures are of the same individual. (Click on the pictures to see larger versions.)<\/p>\n

\"Monarch<\/a>
Monarch egg (from wikipedia because I couldn’t get a good shot of our egg)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Hatchling<\/a>
Hatchling caterpillar (first instar), with nearby egg casing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Mature<\/a>
Mature caterpillars munching their way through some milkweed clippings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Metamorphosis from caterpillar to chrysalis (pupa):<\/p>\n

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Over the next few hours, the chrysalis assumed its final form:<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The final chrysalis with gold flecks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The chrysalis darkens and reveals the orange butterfly ready to emerge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Empty<\/a>
Empty chrysalis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Monarch<\/a>
Monarch with dry wings, ready for flight<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Emerging\"<\/a>
Emerging<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Freedom\"<\/a>
Freedom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Brief<\/a>
Brief rest on a tree in the yard before flying off over the house<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sarah picked up two wild monarch caterpillars and an egg this summer and we’ve been raising them and releasing the butterflies. Below are some pictures of the process, though not all pictures are of the same individual. (Click on the pictures to see larger versions.) Metamorphosis from caterpillar to chrysalis (pupa): Over the next few … Continue reading Metamorphosis<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[51],"class_list":["post-4053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photo","tag-pictures"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20150813_142832_0031_edited-1.jpg?fit=3008%2C2000&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4053"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7519,"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4053\/revisions\/7519"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stoccoroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}