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I'm pleased to announce the birth of my swallowtail butterfly.
I was watching closely a huge green and yellow CATERPILLAR on a fennel plant in my garden, when one day I found it racing up the terrace- amazing how fast a caterpillar can go! By experience (I've bred élevé) caterpillars before) I knew it was looking for a place to make its chrisalis. I picked it up (je l'ai ramassée) so nobody would tread on it (pour que personne ne lui marche dessus) and put it in a glass vase. The day after it changed into a chrysalis and I waited for the magic to operate - because it's Nature's sheer magic that turns a big fat green and yellow caterpillar into a beautiful butterfly. Here it is just born.


I was so upset ( j'étais si vexée): I was sitting in the living room and this was happening in my kitchen, I could have been watching (j'aurais pu être en train de regarder).
I put it outside



just had the time to take a few (quelques) photos and it flew happily away (il s'est envolé heureux). It was so beautiful; how can such a beautiful insect come out of that little brown shell?
I have done something to save the planet today.