It's a Butterfly! And, it's a Boy! (How can I tell? He has no pouches, which contain eggs, on the two lower wings; they show up like black circles in about the middle of the black veins on the lower wings.) I woke up just before 8 a.m. and found the butterfly hatched and hanging with perfect wings on the shell of its chrysalis. He gathered strength on the ivy in my kitchen, and I just now released him. I wished him well and hope to see him flying around the garden.
One more went into chrysalis, and another chrysalis looks like it may be ready to hatch tomorrow. We'll see...
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