Saturday, January 28, 2023

A Monarch Hatches

The chrysalis opens…

Kirsten: Come and look.

Alan: Beautiful.

Kirsten: She hatched from that kale leaf in the teapot.

Alan: She? Looks like a male. See, it’s got a black spot on the hind wings.



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Voice-over

And the veins in the wings of the male are thinner. Sometimes gender accuracy trumps political correctness.

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