BIRTH OF A YELLOW SWALLOWTAILED BUTTERFLY.

Fantastic photos, Bob...
Well done to you and your family on helping the butterfly to develop, and on such a lovely blog :o)))

Really lovely... Thanks for sharing :)

Superb photos of such a pretty Butterfly ... gone on to my favourites. ... : o ))

That is great to hear, and such a lovely butterfly. Thanks for sharing with us.

thanks for showing those amazing snapshots--- isn't nature wonderful......x

Just wonderful . Thanks DrBob .

How fantastic and how lucky to get to see something like that. I hope he hangs around and starts a family.

Thank you all for those lovely comments. He certainly is a beauty, a shame to let him go but we hope he survives as long as possible and also hope he raises a family.

That is fantastic to see, what a wonderful experience for your family.
Mother Nature is marvellous, even though we do get a bit cross at her sometimes.
Thankyou DrBob...

stunning.

Oh Bob, how exciting. An extra special visit to your daughter's this year then. Thank you for sharing, its a beauty.

Thanks Lincslass, SBG and Dawn, yes caused great excitement all round they can talk of nothing else.

That's a once in a lifetime! What a good thing it all happened in the garden of somebody who knew what's what! Wonderful photos.

Update on the happy event, my daughter says that the butterfly sanctuary in Jersey has Swallowtails but has never managed to breed one, this is the first recorded breeding of one in the whole of the Channel Islands, he made the Guernsey press and Channel Television and has now gone worldwide, there is great interest. The only problem is they only live for about three weeks so if he is going to breed he needs some serious speed dating.

wow how lovely DrBob, such a pretty butterfly to, great pics.
i use to visit jersey every year for years as my ex was from there, beautifull islands :o)

Thank you Sanbaz, yes I agree all beautiful islands.

Bob ... can you suggest yet more serious speed-dating chat-up lines for butterflies ... ?

Wanna date a TV star ?

Do you fly here often ?

You must have been a beautiful caterpillar ..

I know a wonderful vegetarian restaurant ...

My trefoil or yours ?

I can get you a quality bridal gown ...
~~~ from my cousin the silk worm ~~~

With this wing I thee wed ;o)

Good thinking TT, well I have thought of one, seeing as when you get to the end of our Daughters property you can look straight across the sea to the coast of France and possibly one or both of Juniors parents might have come over from France, without wanting to appear rude perhaps the conversation would go something like, "Do you fancy a naughty weekend in Paris". I'll keep working on it.

Oh! and we'd butter fly off together.

Lol... and wedding guests can hire their suits from....

Moth Bros ....

Terra wins...

;o)))