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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 169978" data-attributes="member: 9240">I posted one of these on my 365 Thread, but I thought it was worth posting as a set.&nbsp; We had a sextet of Black and Yellow Swallowtail Caterpillars invade our herb garden two weeks back.&nbsp; Five of them disappeared, either entering the food chain or wandering off to pupate somewhere we couldn't find.&nbsp; One of them assumed a rather unusual position on a branch and about 36 hours later, while we slept, it became a chrysalis.&nbsp; We kept a close watch on it, hoping to catch it emerging.&nbsp; The location was such that I didn't want to stick a D800 on a tripod shooting interval shots for hours unwatched, so we kept walking out every so often to check.&nbsp; On a particularly busy morning, during a conference call I hear my wife shouting, &quot;It's out!!&nbsp; It's out!!&quot;&nbsp; I stuck the phone on mute, grabbed my D800 w/ Sigma 105mm already on it and headed outside.&nbsp; I'm guessing we missed the emergence by about 20 minutes.&nbsp; Would have loved to have watched, but we're thankful we didn't come out an hour later.<img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5473/9247920997_17e6b77dc2_o.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7342/9255991520_636b4fd8da_o.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3772/9255991652_2b44c7d7f5_o.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2852/9255991582_1fcd3ecb54_o.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 169978, member: 9240"] I posted one of these on my 365 Thread, but I thought it was worth posting as a set. We had a sextet of Black and Yellow Swallowtail Caterpillars invade our herb garden two weeks back. Five of them disappeared, either entering the food chain or wandering off to pupate somewhere we couldn't find. One of them assumed a rather unusual position on a branch and about 36 hours later, while we slept, it became a chrysalis. We kept a close watch on it, hoping to catch it emerging. The location was such that I didn't want to stick a D800 on a tripod shooting interval shots for hours unwatched, so we kept walking out every so often to check. On a particularly busy morning, during a conference call I hear my wife shouting, "It's out!! It's out!!" I stuck the phone on mute, grabbed my D800 w/ Sigma 105mm already on it and headed outside. I'm guessing we missed the emergence by about 20 minutes. Would have loved to have watched, but we're thankful we didn't come out an hour later. [IMG]http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5473/9247920997_17e6b77dc2_o.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7342/9255991520_636b4fd8da_o.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3772/9255991652_2b44c7d7f5_o.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2852/9255991582_1fcd3ecb54_o.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]

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