I grew a friend since I didn't have any

This is baby Leafcrunch. I love him.

About 5 days old now, fat ass.

9 days old, fat fatty fatso.

He got so fat that he decided to fix himself to the lid so he would never have to move again from lazy fatness.

Sorry for potato - I watched him for 3 hours and he waited until I took a 3 minute bathroom break to transform into a chrysalis. Typical.

I live in SWFL - He emerged about an hour after I returned to my home to assess the damage from Irma

Drying and stretching his new wings (By the way, he is a girl!)

She is almost ready to fly - Been hanging for about 2 hours. (Photobomb by baby caterpillar down bottom and top right)

Leafcrunch is all ready to go. She hopped off my finger, walked across my face and then took off. Hopefully she will return to my milkweed plants and lay eggs. If you guys like this - I have about 9 more chrysalis and 20 caterpillars still crunching away I could document.

This week sucked ass. Had to put my dog down 4 days before evacuating and hunkering down for Irma, praying my house was still standing. The eye went right over us! (Ft Myers) It was scary but I am thankful that everything is okay. (And yes, I evacuated with all of my caterpillars, lol. I had 4 jars and 2 tanks in my back seat filled with plants and caterpillars, as well as my cat in the front seat) This butterfly emerging today really lifted my spirits. THANKS FOR READING AND SHIT.