The butterfly is here!

It came out early this morning! We had checked on the pupa at night by when it had turned slightly dark. By morning, the butterfly was already out. We were disappointed that we couldn't see it emerging out of the cocoon. But fortunately got a call from Seema aunty and rushed over to their house in time to watch their butterfly tearing open the front of the cocoon, coming out with its wings curled under and gradually opening them as it walked around. 

A gift from M&M

Close friends M&M have been running this experiment in their home for months now and are lovely enough to share the joy of their success with us. They had planted a butterfly host plant and after months of failure, finally had grand success in being able to observe little caterpillars growing and transforming into beautiful butterflies. They invited us home many times to see this lovely miracle of the caterpillars munching away on the leaves of the host plant (nothing like I had ever imagined!). This time they even gifted a little pupa to us! We are going to observe this closely and hopefully we won't miss the moment when it turns into a butterfly.

(Complete credits to M&M and Seema aunty)