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Everyone gangsta till someone gets jumped by butterflies.
Lol.
Honestly I'd love that-
@@_mangaddict no you wouldnt! Try not stepping or squishing them, it'd be a nightmare!
LMAO
😂
The sweetest little butterfly. I'm glad you're taking care of her for her short lifespan. Seeing as she can't fly, she's living her best life! :D
*he
@@jalayajenkins3849 she said "she" in case if you don't hear it
Aw yea
@@jovyisbizarre6668 Soda pets did say she didn’t really know, so she just assumed.
ai ai ai, i'm your little butterfly, green black and blue, make the colors in the sky.
when I was 9 or 8 I saved a bee by remembering a facebook post for helping exhausted bees by giving them sugar water. edit: only do this to bumble bees or bees that don't make honey because it is harmful to the honey as it dilutes it.
@@reinerbazzi9744 How? I heard it was good for them especially when they are tired and hurt.
@@reinerbazzi9744 Btw it was a bumble bee And I don't think they make honey, correct me if I'm wrong though
@@alexanderspencer5722 bumble bees don't make honey
@@ray-lj3vc Ok thanks for the confirmation
Bumble bees do make honey, but if it was just a one time thing feeding that bee was fine, it was probably just old. Just don’t leave bowls of sugar water out, it might cause the other bees to start using that since it’s easier than going from flower to flower, and that would cause them to make watery honey, which doesn’t have much nutrients in it, so it’s not very healthy for them.
The sugar water thing was really just a Facebook rumor, but tons of people fall for those everyday, so it’s okay!
the one dislike is the other butterfly that tried to fight them
Hehe.
& the rest was that butterfly’s angry crew.
Actually it was trying to mate her
So true
@@shirleyk623 w h a t
I googled how you can tell m/f - Males have a small black spot on the top surface of the hindwing. Females do not. You can see the spot when the wings are open; sometimes it's faintly visible when the wings are closed, too. Males also have slightly thinner wing veins.
That means that the butterfly i fed a few days ago is a male
I think that her butterfly is indeed a female
That’s really cool! :0
Butterfree expained
@@mariahrenaud5839 yes because she doesn't have that dot thing and she has bold veins and slightly bigger than males
Butterfly Pavilion (United States-based invertebrate zoo) volunteer here! Thanks for taking this little one in, so many people wouldn't think twice about trying to improve an invertebrate's quality of life. Most of what you talked about was exactly right, and your set up looked great for a disabled butterfly such as the one you've got! An unflighted butterfly doesn't need as much space as most people would think to thrive, your enclosure is a good size. I'd just like to throw in a few notes for anyone reading through the comments ^-^ If you have to handle a butterfly, even an uninjured one (Removing it from your clothing as you go inside, etc), use a glove if you can (If you can't, just try to keep contact short and gentle) and use the "scissor grip". Take your index and middle finger, approach from behind, and place one on either side of the butterfly's four wings. Never pick them up by their body, and try to avoid any contact with their legs. When releasing, don't place them down on a surface if they're able to fly. Instead, gently toss and release. Butterflies taste with their feet and they're super sensitive, so placing them down on a surface or letting their feet touch your fingertips could damage them and significantly shorten their lifespan. Good luck!
Tysm for sharing!
What if a butterfly lands on my hand? Is it still hurting it? Or do they have special ways on standing on things they dont want to taste?
That was super useful, thank you!
I've seen people save butterflies by giving them new wings
Do you have an idea of why a butterfly of the same species as the hurt one would seemingly attack the wounded?
Soda: _brings her butterfly outside_
That one Monarch butterfly: *”i will cause pain and destruction to you”*
I did this too. They are so fragile. Mine was a field butterfly and had ripped off half a wing someone ran over her on a bike
@abstract rainwing um
where's the bike rider? just wanna talk ☺🔪
@@Whotfru-gj2rr uh. we're just gonna have a... talk.. ye a talk. 🔫☺️
@@solsoil ah yeah *talk* 😄🩴
Who's joining my gang to hunt down the biker???😎💀🚴♂️💀
I kept a cricket that I named “tango” for absolutely no reason, she died of thirst after I forgot to give her water. She lived for a month which is probably a pretty long time for a cricket kept by a 9 year old.
Edit: I searched it up and actually she lived a really long life for your average North American cricket
We took care of a grass hopper until a wasp killed it it had a baby but the baby ran away
💀u killed a old lady
@@potatofamine1405 BYE
You can also give them some fruit slices, they love oranges, sometimes I put orange slices outside and these types of butterflys would start swarming!
Yea ! They are like obsessed with oranges. I always give some butterflies that are outside some oranges and they always sworm it xD
I raised a bunch of painted lady butterflies one year and would give them thinly cut orange slices. They loved them.
Whats the mushroom in ur pfp called? Is it like a show or
@@Mom_Fan oh no it's just a sticker some lesbian on tik tok made!
@@Living.Fossils whats her @? There rely cool lol
I love this! Especially with monarch's population going down, this is a nice video to share! I have a tip on watering them, though. Grab some marbles and put them in a shallow container (only enough to cover the bottom) and put some water in the container. The butterfly should be able to walk on the marbles while grabbing a quick sip of water without drowning! You can use this for bees too, and it's perfect for gardens!
While it is nice to think of helping a damaged monarch as helping the population, a damaged butterfly is never going to reproduce and oviposit again. If you want to help population decline of monarch butterflies, the better option is to plant native host species of the monarch butterfly in your garden and influence your own states decision-makers to make biodiversity a priority. Butterflies generally need two different types of plants, one for nectar in their adult butterfly stage and one for their caterpillars to eat. Please look up which plants are native in your state/province and are important for the monarchs, it really is the best way to help these magnificent creatures so they are not lost for our future generations.
Once a butterfly got stuck inside my house trying to get out the window it was petrified Because It could not get out it was going crazy so when it calmed down I put a flower next to him he flew onto my hand and he wouldn’t leave I was holding him and it flew to the wall it stayed there the whole night the next day my mum left the door open and he flew from the wall and there he went. I thought it was pregnant because it was soo fat.
@Sayuri Rosa this made me laugh lol
When you thought it was pregnant but you called it a he 🐸
I was at my friend’s house once and we found an absolutely massive monarch butterfly on her window, inside the house. There was no way for it to go back outside so we spent like thirty minutes making a contraption to safely capture it and put it outside. I was very proud after because it worked out and the butterfly stuck around for a bit.
Fat fly
FAT FLY
One time when I was walking home from school, a butterfly flew onto my skirt and I was like “O.o” cuz butterflies don’t usually do that, but then I noticed the wings were messed up just like the butterfly in this vid :(
I took it home and kept it around for a little while. It couldn’t really fly so I just put it on a flower bouquet.
After a little while I released the butterfly into the backyard where there’s lots of beautiful flowers. I put it on a rose but when I came to check the next day, it was gone...
Oh and I also saved a caterpillar from a spiderweb...which also happened at school lol :,)
I'm terrified of butterflies, to me they look like cockroaches with pretty wings BUT its was certainly an informative video to watch, maybe this knowledge will help someone in the future!
Imagine loving butterflies but being mildly terrified of any insects (and especially spiders (ik they’re arachnids)) it’s so weird to hold a ladybug and be slightly scared of it - like somehow this is gonna kill me I can feel it. It’s highly irrational, but bugs - even butterflies - give me just enough of the creeps that I don’t touch them unless necessary lol.
@@arianavail It's almost the same in my case! I like the aesthetics of butterflies in anime or on art but if in real life one or a moth would even be in my vision perimeter i would freeze up! Same with crickets or grashoppers!
I know they wont hurt me, but my soul leaves my body anyways!, but im fine with spiders lmao i dont know why i work like that! Im really happy that you can relate to me because everyone makes fun of me for that! :(
@@momoblood totally get it. I’m okay if a ladybug or butterfly lands on me, but I generally have to constantly remind myself that it’s a nice creature with no intent to harm me haha.
And you best believe I would save the crickets and grasshoppers that got into my school before anyone could kill them - but that was to preserve their life even though it stressed mine haha.
@@arianavail Yeah, is such a chaotic mess! "Help, put that away!" "nooo, dont kill it, take it away" ahahahaha
@@momoblood hahaha exactly!
i bet for the butterfly's wings that when she came out of her cocoon, they did not separate fully, causing then to rip and tear.
I have always been so scared of butterflies, but this is just sad. :(
It’s okay to be scared of butterflies. I’m fine with most bugs as long as they leave me alone. But start flying toward my head and I’m gonna swat it. And MOTHS ARE TERRIFYING. I hate them. I like butterflies a little more because they at least are pretty, but I don’t want either of them indirect contact with my skin.
Same
During summer I found a tiger swallowtail butterfly that had a bent wing, so I brought her in and cared for her for 1 month and 2 weeks. (Since they only live for about 2-3 weeks) That’s really crazy. I gave her sugar water and the day before she passed, I let her practice flying in my backyard,(which she can’t really fly) and I asked my mom if I could let her fly one more time today, and she said tomorrow. Tomorrow was the day we watched her pass away. My sister and I put her into resin and she still is on the desk in the living room. rest in piece Bumble!
Putting her into resin was a great way to remember and honor her, along with all of the time she spent with you. You have her the best life she could have had. She otherwise would have been eaten by a bird:( rest easy swallowtail
aww poor girl hope she lives a beautiful and long life!!
I love your content so much! Please never stop doing what you're doing, you're amazing!!
Um. So i had a monarch Caterpillar and i grew up and it had parasites and could not fly. Me and my dad cared for it, and we fed it nectar out of a foil dish. We loved her, and surprisingly she lived for a month and a week. We even brought her to Lake Tahoe, but then she died. We loved her so much, and i could not forget her at all. Rip Autumn 🍂
That's so sweet. You are such a precious person. Thank you for taking care of our earth's creatures 💕 I've tried saving so many insects myself
Animals I have rescued: a roster, a baby bird, a lot of bees, butterflies, spiders and other insects, two cats (I adopted one of them the other one already had a home) mice and some frogs, hope everything works out for her ❤️
I’ve rescued: a snake, a baby bird, a rabbit, tons of rats, butterflies, spiders,shark (one time)
I remember when I found a butterfly stuck in my pool, I grabbed one of the pool things and saved them, when I did I out them into a jar for about an hour till I saw they were flying a bit in the jar, so I opened the jar put them on my finger and let them fly away, I love this memory a lot, I was like 7 or 8 when this happened.
this is the most wholesome video on the face of this earth... this sweet delicate little butterfly and her super kind owner :3
This is a milkweed flowers that butterflies eat.
Only for monarch's and just their caterpillars edit: oh also I mean monarch caterpillars
I just found an exhausted butterfly at a gas station/restroom/roadside food stop. It has a little bit of ripping on its wings, but I think it will still be able to fly. Thanks for sharing and showing me how to rescue this little guy.
Aww I love the butterfly! I’m sure she’s happy
If she’s still going please make an update vid!
Yes please even if she passes please don't leave us hanging
Truly, you could make an 8 hour sleep video of just the little butter(walk) doing it's thing. That end part was so adorable and relaxing
Damn, this brought back some memories- I’ve been obsessed with moths since I was a kid, and one time one landed on me- I had an app that identifies species of things if you take a picture of them, and it told me it was a mint moth,,, and since there was mint outside with me I put some water on it and it drank from it!
Probably TMI, but I wanted to share my little anecdote :)
What's the app called?
Im terrified of bugs but I like butterflies, I could never let one crawl on me though XD. Once my school found a poor frozen butterfly in yhe cafeteria
What did your classmates do about it? Did anybody even notice?
this girl is taking care of a flapping (pun intended) butterfly meanwhile i cant keep a plant alive
Butterflies arent too hard to take care off! I raise monarch caterpillars and release them when they make it to their butterfly stage! If you can water their milkweed and pick them up if they fall down you should be fine! Though I raise mine in cages outside so I have to clean up their cages and wipe it down every day haha
omg i thought the parrots were my rats getting terrified/hurt, they came to find the 'rat being attacked'
The way you care for pets is just so pleasing!
Keep doing what you are doing! :D
she is so caring to animals and that’s why i love her 😌
You are honestly such a kind soul. I wish the most amazing life on you
Strong beautiful butterfly 🦋
Also hi neighbour from Australia
sodas literally the kindest person ever
This is one of the nicest things anyone could do, I found a butterfly before in my backyard, the butterfly’s wings were damaged and was hurt, I picked the butterfly up, I didn’t hurt it in anyway,I went to my room put it on my desk, because it might fall off my hands, I made her a little thing like yours,I got some flowers, the butterfly is doing much better, I’m still caring for her, I am scared to glue any other butterfly’s wing to this one so I’m just caring for her until she gets better,I had the butterfly for only 4 weeks , I do take her outside, she has not fell yet, I have not seen another butterfly of the same species of mine attack the butterfly, I don’t think she’ll live that long, but I’m trying to save her for her to have a longer life, I love the butterfly, I think the butterfly might be a girl but yeah!!!
I love how you used the pot from a Calico critter set
This is so incredibly wholesome. Please do not stop posting things like this and doing things like this if they make you happy. It’s very relaxing to see such genuine content on the internet right now. 💙
They will guzzle the juice from cut up watermelon pieces with great alacrity! I think the red color probably helps them home in on it as well. I picked up a weakened straggler today on my way to work, took it in where it’s warm (I’m from michigan and it’s beginning to get cold) and left it in a container with a nice bit of melon. I observed it drinking from the fruit with extended proboscis; and not long after that the little animal was vigorously trying to escape its habitat so I took it outside. It began to rapidly shake; almost vibrating for a moment then flew off with what appeared to me to be more or less full strength! It cleared a road at an altitude of at least 12 feet then veered about 45 degrees and rose to about 40 feet and fluttered off out of sight! It was a very happy occasion. But it must make it all the way to Mexico- a journey that takes at least 1-2 months. I’m very proud to have helped the little animal and I enjoyed observing it during our brief period together. I hope it makes it to the big monarch gathering
This was so nice and generous! I hope it lives the best life it can with it's wings.
When I was younger I used to catch grasshoppers, and butterflies and keep them in an aquarium. I would decorate it with rocks, sticks and flowers, I would feed them different fruits and vegetables and just watch them grow. I wasn't allowed to have a real pet until I was maybe 11. I don't really like bugs anymore but I do have fond memories of keeping them.
Aww,I hope she's doing better in the future
Once you cut a flower it stops making nectar in a few minutes.
Just found an injured monarch butterfly and the video helped me so much. Thank you!
I’m so glad she’s in good hands
I had a pet butterfly in 2016, also one that I found with a broken wing. He lived longer than the average life expectancy and was really cool. Thanks to him I overcame this little aversion i had towards butterflies and could learn a lot. Like that honey water is bad for them, as it can crystalize inside them and kill them, or that they taste with their feet. A butterfly heart and other organ positions (so I knew where to be extra careful i googled the anatomy) and so on.
My mother used to have a monarch butterfly farm where she would take the eggs off of the milkweed put them in a enclosure (with more milkweed) and waited for them to become a butterfly then she would release them.
This is so sweet 💕 I love how you are so caring towards all little creatures! Personality butterflies freak me out a bit as any flying insect does but I'm glad she is happy and well cared for 😊💕
So lovely hearing of people caring for these beautiful creatures. The flower your monarch is happily feeding off is a buddleia ( renowned for being a favourite of butterflies and bees.). My monarchs adore them.😊
If you have a butterfly that can fly, its too small, but since it can only walk- this is an appropriate size, but ofc it should be bigger.
petition to name her blossom:
I knew it. I wasn't the only one who who had a very soft spot for animals.
I literally can't kill a cockroach.
I raise butterflies!!! the best thing for monarchs is a plant called milkweed. that is the best source of nutrients for them. also if an intact butterfly won’t fly, just put it in a plant. don’t bring it in!! it might be young and the wings might still be “drying” from the pupation stage
Great video! Thanks for making it! I also just rescued one that can not fly. I'll care for her until her last day. Thanks so much for the video! ❤
let’s actually take a moment to appreciate what she done. although butterflies live a few weeks she still saved one. amazing.
My siblings and me always made it our mission to save all bugs from our pool and we didn't realy know how to care for them, so we just sat them on flowers in a corner of our garden with a lot of sunshine.
U always care of any animal,even butterflies and also small animals,love u
youre so kind for trying to take care of her/him :)
I’ve just watched this after many searches to help a grounded butterfly, thank you!… it does what it says on the tin👍 I’m in North Yorkshire and clearing my outhouses 2weeks ago I came across quite a few healthy ones that took off but I have this one and she’s lasting a while🦋💜
Thank you so much. Recently my step mom got one of those butterfly hatcheries of of amazon and when the caterpillars were forming their chrysalis one of them fell over breaking his wings and prevented legs from being formed. Yesterday we let the rest go and I took in the disabled one and I haven't had him for long but Im not ready for him to die. He has crushed wings and only 3 legs and only 2 of them work properly. I didn't know whether it was better to keep him or let him go but now that I know im doing the right thing I want to give him his best life. While knowing that he can barely move to eat he wont live long but I want to try and make the best of it.
This is so sweeeeet
Its so amazing and inspiring and wholesome how you care for animals, bugs and the environent. Youre a great person! Keep up the good work
Thank you. The internet said to leave nature to its course. But this sweet little yellow butterfly is going to live its last days in peace.
I took care of a butterfly for a while, I mixed a bit of sugar with some water and put it in a cotton ball, I also got a bit of dirt and put it with some water and rocks because what I found when I looked it up was that butterflies find puddles and get nutrients from them. The butterfly later on flew off with some coaxing
this really made me happy, you're amazing for doing this, and that butterfly really trusts you, and i can tell she's happy for the time she's got even if she cant fly! also, every time i see a bee that can't fly, i get a flower other bees go to when the bees aren't at that area and somewhere else in the yard, and give it to the bee, i saved three and sadly two died, but hey, at least i gave them a chance for the last 15 mins they got, right? by the way if you were wondering, no, i didn't actually touch the bee i got a stick that wouldn't hurt the bee or anything and then put the bee on there and i set the stick down near more flowers and then gave the flower to the bee, and i sat not too close to where i'd scare the bee, but where i can watch the bee so i know if they're ok or not, and sometimes i leave for a min to see if that helps them calm down, and usually it does, but after i come back to see if they flew away or not. Idk if i'm doing the right thing the way i try to help them or not but at least i did save three, two almost drowned and one couldn't fly for some reason, but i helped them, and two didn't make it.
Such a beautiful butterfly 🥺
I remember my class held a discussion about a class pet, so my friend brought some painted lady caterpillars. They went into cocoons except for a dead one, and we released our last ones.
You saved a flutterby! I saved a Spooder last summer from drowning in the pool. He got better and lived in an unused, brand new trash can with some paper on the ground so I could see him. He stayed a day or two, and then I released him into the garden outside my complex. He was a Hacklemesh, and I named him Hecc. I hope he lived a nice life and told all his friends about the giant that saved him from the swimming pool.
I had a moth that had deformed wings and mouth parts. I fed them creeping trumpet flowers each day. They made a quite but audible slurping sound during each feeding. When JeffBob/JosefinaBarbara passed they were buried with flowers and fellow dead moths.
I once had a ladybug who's shell was badly crushed and her wings torn to shreds. Unsurprisingly, she didn't live very long, as I'm sure whatever traumatic experience she had crushed her insides beyond repair. Ladybugs are hard to keep since they're predators, so I dumped large quantities of decaying plant matter in her enclosure in the hopes that she would find some decomposers to eat.
Also! If you find a healthy dragonfly that's just laying on the ground but still alive, take them to a high place and let them rest for as long as they have to before letting them go. Apparently they get exhausted very easily. I wouldn't try to take care of them as they are predators that hunt from the air, and chances are they won't get enough stimulation in captivity.
I'm glad someone else takes care of the invertebrates that they find!
Ur bassiacly the most wholesome TH-camr I've ever seen
I once saved a butterfly from getting stepped on
Thank you for helping this butterfly you sweet sweet girl ❤😢
I kind do this but with some plantes usually we do take out the dead plants and if I see like a really healthy one that does not have any bugs or completely dead i won't take it
Monarchs are beautiful, i love the flower that you have for the butterfly
I rescued one when some kid ripped her wing off, gave her a bit of sugar water and some orange slices. She only lived for like a day but I tried to make sure she was comfortable and fed
its so sweet watching ppl helping insects, they also got lives and just need some love sometimes and caring.
Insect lives matter!
I hatched out 3 monarchs. One of them has folded wings and cannot fly. I give her a honey solution in a bottle cap 1tsp honey to 6 tsp water and at first I put her antennas in and she drank it all. Now she just goes and feeds herself. I’m keeping her in the butterfly enclosure as a pet because she will never make it outside.
I took care of an injured butterfly before.
My cat brought her to me when she was still alive, as a gift I think.
I took care of her for about a week and then she passed away peacefully.
You are making me regret so many of my past pets and encounter of injured animals-
I saved many monarch butterfly’s from OE and one I remember loved for about 6 months after I found her
(OE is a disease in monarch butterflies where it cripples the wings and makes it so they can’t fly)
I once took a care of a bumblebee I found on the ground and I was sure would die very soon. With a closer inspection, I noticed one of it's smaller flying wings was missing, maybe a bird had took a grasp of it and the wing got detached or something. It couldn't fly even if it tried it.
I put the bee into a small cage similar to the one in the video. I brought leafs and blades of grass inside, and also some flowers. I wanted to ensure it wouldn't get hungry if the flowers dried while I wasn't at home. So I mixed water and honey on a small spoon and placed it in the cage. For my surprise, it drank the mixture. So cute, having it forelegs on the edge of the spoon, and drinking it with it's long tongue!
The bee lived in my cage for many weeks. So long that I actually had to start to clean the cage. Eventually it died. I don't know if it was of old age or what. It started to get bald in the end and got slower. I just wish it had a good life and I still wonder if I should just have euthanized it the day I found it. Anyhow, it seemed lively and with good apetite till the last week, so I wish it was alright.
I'm so glad I've found another person who takes care of insects! My family makes fun of me for it and it's hard to find proper care guides when I'm not sure what to do. It seems to be a bit of a tradition for pregnant white tiger moths to wonder into the house and become exhausted. Though I usually don't know they're pregnant until I find the eggs.
Sugar water works as a great substitute, works for flies and bees as well!
Thank you for this video, made me feel a lot better!
Back in my elementary school we actually raised butterflies one time. I don’t remember what type of butterfly, but the teacher bought the eggs, and all the necessary stuff and all we had to do was watch in “amazement“ as they grew up. I’m surprised none of them died with all the poking some of the kids were doing. And the teacher even showed us each stage when they were in the jars. I’m surprised none of the cocoons fell as she was moving it around to show us their life stage. Eventually she put them in the mesh hanging thing and they emerged from their cocoons we kept them for a little bit longer before releasing them. I thought it was cool but I felt kind of bad that they couldn’t be out in the wild growing naturally.
If you ever find a butterfly who’s wings have not unfolded, DO NOT PUT THEM UPRIGHT! The gravity will push their wings down and they will stay like that, so they wont be able to fly. Just leave them alone and check on them after a bit.
July 29, 2023 I found a crippled monarch hobbling across my patio in the close to 100 degree temps. Right wings curled in toward body, left wings curled opposite. It was so hot, I stuck out my finger and stepped up. I started with torn leaves on a plate, then moved her to a small, clean yogurt cup, then to a large plastic bin. I cut up strawberry and banana, but slight interest in the berry. I had a tiny vase, filled it with miniature daisies, and placed her on top. She roosts there. I have orange milkweed, but day 1 ignored cut flowers. Didn’t want to leave my finger, but can’t hold forever. Day two, she’s still alive. Took her outside and put her on fresh milkweed plant, and wow was she hungry. I read they get their water from mud, so I made a slurry and placed her on the ground. She stayed for several minutes, proboscis like a hose taking it in. I wish I have a butterfly fly bush. I only have the milkweed. I saw the suggestions to use a cotton ball or paper towel soaked in sugar water because it’s hard to stand there for very long and support her while she perches on the milkweed. She falls off when I leave her very long. I will try the marble and water trick,but I read they don’t like their feet wet. I think the milkweed flower closes up shortly after I cut, so my only option is to go outside with her. I’m not sure how many times a day to feed her, so fingers crossed about the cotton ball. You absolutely can identify the monarch’s sex. Do a quick Google search, as this is already too long. When you rescue something, be prepared to care for it. I was shocked you’ve had your girl that long. This is only day two! Thank you for posting! 🌹
i remember when at my school there was this kid and he really mistreated monarch butterflys by holding them by the wings and me and my friends would sit where most of the butterflys were and would make sure he wouldn't get to them.
when i was in grade 1 for science we raised some butterflies (they weren't monarchs, but i forget what type they were) and when they were fully grown we let them all free because our school has butterfly flowers outside
The other butterfly who attacked you both probably noticed the flowers in the tank, but it’s probably just me thinking this
I had a butterfly that looked just like that. I called him Igor. Something happens to the pupa during the larva to pupa transformation (it falls or is just mutated in some form) and the end result is a sad looking butterfly. Igor lived for about 5 months, all the way into late January, because he was born late into the season and was supposed to fly south for the winter. Instead he stayed with me and got to watch the snow. I raise and release monarchs, it is a fun hobby, you would probably like it!
You are an amazing person! I've always wanted to care for injured butterflies (we have a lot of birds and stray cats where I live, and butterflies get away most of the time, so theres a lot of injured butterflies that end up dying :( ) and now I know how! Ty!
You are an amazing person! I'm doing the same thing right now had one turn into a chrysalis early when it was still little, and it hatched, but it's wings are all messed up, so I'm going to take care of it, because it can't fly!
Everytime I see a bee or bug or anything that flew into the house, Everytime I release it I always feel so happy and proud that I saved a life
This happened once so i feed it and put is in the play house outside with plant with small holes to breathe. She lived a week as a butterfly.
I also found eggs on a leaf and cared for them and they hatched!
Wow she is so nice to all animals she dose as much as she can to make it happy. 🙂❤️
What an awesome and informative video! When I was younger I used to bring injured butterflies home all the time - especially during summer! They usually lived for 1-2 weeks, I was always super proud when they got to the 2nd week 💖
I wish there was, like, some kind of tissue or material you could feed to a butterfly that would help their wings regrow, or a biotissue that you could attach with water-based glue that would fuse to their wings.
For the little kids in my school, The teachers get Caterpillars and put them in a really big butterfly thing and they make there cocoon there. Over the spand of when they make a cocoon to when they come out of it the little kids would watch the process over the days and A couple days after they come out of the cocoon they release them and it is so pretty and the little kids watch them release them. It’s so cool and just pretty. Btw over the days they are out of the cocoon they put slices of fruit like oranges and put flowers
If it can’t fly, would it be called a butter?
This is a joke, I appreciate your work, keep it up! Thank you for being the best animal youtuber!
I once saved a cicada in the middle of molting, she was on her back so I helped her because I knew birds would come after her. She finished molting the next day and was very healthy I know she was female because her wings dried and she never made the mating call, I now regret not letting her out to breed because I got too attached to her. I have since then been saving cicadas in bad places and moving them to better hiding spots in honor of Wiggles. It is sad that they live 17 years underground and only experience sunshine for 1 week.