A monarch butterfly emerges from its cocoon, wings still soft.
A close up, eye level view of a monarch butterfly emerging from its white cocoon. The butterfly has its legs wrapped around its cocoon. The butterfly is hanging upside down from the cocoon. The butterfly's wings are still soft. The cocoon is hanging from the underside of a wooden branch. The branch starts at the left edge of the frame and stops in the upper center portion of the frame. Two small groups of leaves are visible at the left end of the branch. A small red ribbon is wrapped around the leaves and the branch. A white see-through mesh net is visible behind the butterfly.