The four stages of a butterfly: Egg, Caterpillar, Chrysalis, Butterfly.
(Click the images for a butterfly’s eye view.)
In nature a repulsive caterpillar turns into
a lovely butterfly.
But with humans it is the other way around:
A lovely butterfly turns into a repulsive caterpillar.
— Anton Chekhov
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| ENTRANCE TO THE BUTTERFLY PARK (MARIPOSARIO), BENALMÁDENA. |
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| CATERPILLARS AND EGGS (RIGHT) |
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| DOCENT MARINA HOLDING A CHRYSALIS. (NOTE THE BUTTERFLY WING SHOWING THROUGH THE SURFACE). |
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| ADORNED (BY NATURE) WITH GOLD BEADING. IT WOULD MAKE A GREAT PENDANT. |
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| IT DARKENS WHEN THE BUTTERFLY IS CLOSE TO EMERGING. |
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| A DIFFERENT TYPE OF BUTTERFLY. |
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| ON ITS MAIDEN VOYAGE, THIS YOUNG BUTTERFLY DECIDED TO IMMEDIATELY REST AND DRY OFF ON JUDY’S HEAD. THEY WERE INSEPARABLE FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES. |