/r/Butterflies
A subreddit community completely and wholeheartedly devoted to the beauty and wonder of the interesting and amazing lives that the complex process of metamorphosis provides for all of us humans in the fantastic colorful creations called butterflies!
This is a subreddit community to share photos and news stories about butterflies.
The second lives of caterpillars.
Colourful dances in the air.
A subreddit community completely and wholeheartedly devoted to the beauty and wonder of the interesting and amazing lives that the complex process of metamorphosis provides for all of us humans in the fantastic colorful creations called butterflies! 🦋💕
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Butterflies and Moths of North America- collecting and sharing data about Lepidoptera
North American Butterfly Association- Butterfly Gardening and Habitat Info
A Manual of Tropical Butterfly Farming By Ray Harberd. 35 pg PDF
View 100+ beautiful images of Butterflies
/r/Butterflies
I live in Australia and recently received an everlasting daisy arrangement which I kept on my desk. However, today I noticed several caterpillars crawling over the flowers and realised the dark spots I assumed had been pollen must be eggs. The only species of caterpillar I see in my area are cabbage moths and monarchs, so I made the educated guess it is the latter. I’ve put the daisies in a big jar with the lid off ( they won’t be able to climb up the glass sides at this stage), with the eggs that had fallen off the petals in a tissue at the bottom of the jar. I’ve given the caterpillars some cucumber slices to tide them over til I can find milkweed ( I googled and they said this was ok temporarily).
Basically, treat me like an idiot, what do I do? I really want to raise them until they’re butterflies. We live in absolute suburbia and I don’t know if they’ll make it in the wild
Thanks in advance!!
Been keeping track of butterflies for a few months now and finally saw a monarch, didn’t disappoint and was caught off guard how much bigger it is compared to Gulf/Vegetated Fritillaries. Took it with my mobile phone and thought to share, was taken back in early October.
First spotting this year of more than one at a time. (I remember, years ago here in Central Texas, so many thousands of Monarchs migrating that they would literally darken the sky.)
Got this shot after chasing it for almost 30 minutes. It's really hard to photograph these quick little guys with a mobile phone 😁
Last post for today, never did get this guy's make/model but the photo turned out nicely.
Long-tailed Skipper, southeast Texas