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Newly emerged monarch

Posted by Kayla Edmunds,
North Country explorer from Piffard, NY
September 10, 2019

Traveled to Parishville Sand Dunes to look for insects, and in the parking lot I spotted this dark, nearly see-through chrysalis. When we came back down to the parking lot an hour later the chrysalis was gone, a little bit of searching revealed the newly emerged monarch expanding and drying its wings!