Fred is a black swallowtail butterfly, who I found as a caterpillar at my work.
I found him on June 29th.
He spent the next few days munching on parsley, a favourite of swallowtails.
Then on July 5th, he started the process of preparing to become a chrysalis!
By the next day, he'd shed his old skin and become a chrysalis!
The next week and a bit were uneventful (to me, for Fred, it was very busy!)
Then on July 17th, his chrysalis became clear! A sure sign he was almost ready!
And lo and behold, the very same day, Fred re-emerged into the world as a beautiful male black swallowtail!!!
He was released the following day, July 18th, as the sun had been set for about a half hour by the time I had got home from work and I didn’t think it’d be a good idea to release him in the dark.
how do you get your brain to stop thinking you’ve done something terribly wrong every time your manager wants to talk to you (in a regularly scheduled 1:1) asking for a friend
andrew: institutes a no-touching rule when it comes to neil, repeatedly calls him his, takes any opportunity to touch him, buys him clothes as gifts frequently, does the things neil asks of him despite being notorious for not listening to people.