Butterfly time. Gus busted a move today. Broke loose. Flew the coop.

We noticed this morning that Gus's chrysalis had become translucent -- we could see the outlines of the wing patterns. I took some snapshots this morning after dropping Da Chimpz at camp. I had no idea how close we were.

Late this afternoon I decided to open the garage and check on them, and that's when I saw that Gus had freed himself.

When Cookie and Mojo got home I showed them and they were excited. After dinner we went to the neighbor's backyard (where they grow some flowers, unlike my backyard) and we had a brief release ceremony. Very brief -- Gus apparently had an urgent appointment across town. He gave me enough time to snap a couple of pictures but not enough time to get the video camera rolling.

Oh well -- Ted should be liberating himself in a few days. I'll be sure to have the video-cam on standby.