/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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Took the photo yourself? Begin the title with [TTM] for ' Took This Myself ' and show us what you captured!
Looking for a species ID? Begin the title with [REQUEST] and direct link to the image in question.
Additionally, if you captured the image in an exotic location or your own locale, let us know where and when the image was taken. This helps with species identification as well as contributing to the experience.
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
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Sweet baby butterfly 🦋
North Florida!
The best angle I could get in a brief encounter. I’ve rarely seen any of these beauties.
This beauty followed me around the nursery while I shopped! I guess we have similar taste ;)
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My previous post a commenter suggested I take a more close up photo, so here it is:
Any takers? Google lens says eastern tent caterpillar which would be cute! And hopefully better than an invasive tree eater 😭
Hello! I wanted know what the name of this specific butterfly is
Hey all,
We were fortunate to be graced by a black swallowtail butterfly who laid her eggs on our dill. Originally there were 20 caterpillars, but 15 disappeared over time and I was able to save the remaining 5 and feed them when the dill ran out.
Two of these caterpillars are starting their chrysalis, but I can’t help but feel they look a bit small. I wouldn’t say 2”, more like 1.5 or somewhere between 1”-1.5”. I was expecting they’d get to the side of a tomato horn worm or so.
Has anyone else raised these? Any idea if this size is correct or if there will be a size issue when they eventually break through the chrysalis?
Thank you!