The small wonders of nature that leaves us in awe 
I was so fortunate last year to witness such event as the mutating stages of a butterfly. I bought a parsley in May and 4 caterpillars started eating it and obviously getting fat. I had to buy more parsley. They kept on leaving the parsley and I put them back on, little did I know then until I researched about them… they leave the plant out of safety and cocoon somewhere unnoticed.
I put them in a box with a piece of wood and 2 of them finally hung on it and spent about 2 weeks until they “hatched”. The 3rd caterpillar walked somewhere I couldn’t find him and the last one was weak from the beginning and died before growing big.
After “hatching” the butterfly just walked around with wings still not quite open, it takes time and later it has to shoot liquid in the veins of his wings so they would stretch out and hold.
Finally these two flew high up and away… I missed them; and then their cycle starts again…
I had beautiful yellow swallowtail. I have pics on my cell phone and won’t ■■■■■■■■ them here but here a pic from internet:
