First Butterfly!

Meet Kitty! Megan named it. He is a Eastern Black Swallowtail. He is our first one to emerge!

I think he is a boy because the males have more yellow above the blue.  Females have small yellow dots and more blue on their wings. We think when he closes his wings he is prettier than when his wings are open.

We let him free after playing with him for two days. He really liked the butterfly bush we put him on and ate for a long time. Monarchs usually eat a little and then fly up high into a tree.

I think we have seen him once since letting him go.