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Butterfly Update! - Part One

       Hello everyone! Sorry about the late post. I have been getting ready for a craft fair and haven't had much time to write. Another thing that was holding me up was my 300th to 303rd butterflies. They arrived a few days ago and I have been marveling at them. Here are some photos I took.
This is the package that the butterflies came in. They were sent all the way
from Greece!



There they are in their paper triangles

All of these triangles had staples on the ends so that during travel the butterflies
wouldn't come out of their triangle

So I had to cut them off

Now I have all but one of the triangles cut, here are the butterflies


This is a female Ornithoptera priamus urvillianus 

These next three are males and are more vibrantly colored.





I put them in a re-hydrating container with some moist paper towels so
that I can move their wings without them snapping off.

Now all I have to do is wait for a few days
       Ok, that's it for now. I just have to wait for the butterflies to re-hydrate and then I can show you the finished product.
                          Thanks again for reading,
                                                                    -Jack, The Butterfly Guy

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