Took pictures of four Monarch Butterflies that all emerged from their chrysalises today. One I took pictures of as it emerged.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Took pictures of four Monarch Butterflies that all emerged from their chrysalises today. One I took pictures of as it emerged.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1s2SN-cZ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13410,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/11\/02\/visited-by-royalty\/","url_meta":{"origin":805,"position":0},"title":"Visited By Royalty","date":"November 2, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Was able to get quite friendly with a recently emerged female Monarch Butterfly by getting it to crawl onto my hand and then transferring it to my shirt. It stayed for about a minute before then flying north. 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