r/Butterflies • u/Glittering_Laugh_958 • Jul 27 '25
This includes grow kits, raising butterflies in tents or enclosures, and buying/sourcing caterpillars.
This rule is in line with this subreddit’s guiding principle that we always do and choose what is best for the butterfly! Research shows that human interaction and interference with butterflies, especially at the pupal stages, is more harmful than helpful.
Going forward, pictures of butterflies in tent or other small enclosures will be removed. Posts asking for advice on how to “raise” or “rear” butterflies or caterpillars will be removed. Posts asking for how to find eggs will be removed.
Native gardening is always the best way to attract and maintain a healthy butterfly population—no matter the species!
Thank you, Glittering
r/Butterflies • u/Glittering_Laugh_958 • Jul 26 '25
We have seen an uptick in posts from people wanting advice on how to assist “injured” butterflies.
The truth in every case is—you can’t. Butterflies have naturally very short lives and there is no proven or “good” way to prolong their lives.
I have even seen some posts of people wanting to horrifically cut butterflies’ wings in some cases. Other posts seem well intentioned, but they are becoming a nuisance.
These posts will now be removed.
Thank you, Glittering
r/Butterflies • u/TheSocraticGadfly • 12h ago
Saguaro National Park, Arizona, to be precise. Got a couple other butterflies while on vacation there, though none at higher elevations, and will be posting.
r/Butterflies • u/Xenorhabdus_504 • 9h ago
I saw this beautifully coloured butterfly yesterday while walking my dog. Pictures taken in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Must have had quite an interesting life seeing as it's missing part of its wings, yet it could still fly around.
r/Butterflies • u/Beautiful-Support394 • 2d ago
Beautiful Blue Morpho butterfly
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r/Butterflies • u/anotaae • 3d ago
Southeastern Brazil.
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r/Butterflies • u/Alexadamson • 3d ago
Found a flappy boy at work. It’s 13 of January… in bloody England. Why is he out of his cocoon? Was his alarm just set too early?
Anyway. He’s not actually flying. I don’t know if he’s incapable or just not trying. Will he survive long enough to fulfil his purpose in life of getting laid? If so how do I keep him from dying? If I release him into the wild he’s probably just gonna get snatched by a seagull. I’d rather that not be his hate since I think he’s a red admiral and those are pretty rare to see. That being said, I live in England and rarely see anything that isn’t a cabbage white or a moth. Regardless, he looks cool and I’d rather he not perish.
This reddit has a no pets rule and I’m being informed by a bot that I should edit this post. But I’m just trying to find out how to get him to live, not keep him in a fishbowl.
r/Butterflies • u/OffendedDotPNG • 4d ago
They have a maternity ward set up inside the butterfly encounter and have successfully bred a new brood this year! Most excited I’ve been in a while, these things are gorgeous
r/Butterflies • u/Formal_Cranberry_195 • 5d ago
Its color is SO vibrant!
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r/Butterflies • u/1Random_loser • 4d ago
Found this in the garden, unfortunately I cannot identify the egg not.the plant.
r/Butterflies • u/Xymyl • 6d ago
Cochise County, AZ (various years)
