Sunday, August 19, 2007

Locust molts



Much is made of the butterfly and its emergence from the chrysalis. The lowly locust gets short shrift. But Saturday I saw one newly emerged from its old skin. See the twisted wings in the left photo? About one hour later (right photo) is is not ready for flight, but the wings are stretched out and it walks away.
Inspiration for this I got from neice Lois Maust, who has splendid photos of the butterfly.

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