/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.
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About ~
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! 🦋💕
Rules ~
Sorry, absolutely no merchandise and / or artwork whatsoever! Please do not post links to items you intend to sell. This includes ~ but is not limited to ~ clothing/t-shirts, stickers, jewelry and videos. We also kindly ask that you not post links to discord.
Doing so will result in your post being removed with or without moderator notification. If you make the choice to spam this subreddit community multiple times, it will lead to a ban and Reddit admins will be notified. Thank you for your understanding.
Guidelines for seeking butterfly identification ~
Formatting
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.
Experience ~
Image Browsers
Resources ~
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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a pic my mom sent me this fall
23:08 UTC
From a friend
23:58 UTC
Not a great picture but was thrilled to see a Monarch in our yard.
22:29 UTC
Remembering warmer days… buckeye on lantana
Snapped this walking to the beach this summer. Missing the warmer weather like crazy 💐🦋☀️
13:36 UTC
A quiet moment: a butterfly by the window
12:47 UTC
A male Magellan Birdwing (Troides magellanus) in all its opalescent glory
13:04 UTC
Atala Chrysalis!
Found about 10 of these today!
23:19 UTC
Banded Orange Heliconian [OC]
20:46 UTC
The wings on this blue-banded morpho (Morpho achilles) look like cloth if you zoom in [8688x5792]
22:04 UTC
Anyone have experience using Insect/Caterpillar sleeves for trees?
I have some guava caterpillars on my guava tree again and last time there were caterpillars here a lot of them didn’t make it because of parasitic wasps, natural predators and I possibly disease.
I really want to see the life cycle of one tho so I’m looking into getting or DIY-ing some sleeves to put on the branches and watch them grow but I want to know if anyone has recommendations for brands or any advice.
Thanks!
20:01 UTC
Lil dude landed on my hand on a cold winter morning
Photo is from about 4-5 yrs old, but it still makes me smile whenever I see it. I think it should be a Common Buckeye
05:34 UTC
Also not a g frit but a c frit
23:33 UTC
Monarch in the Park
A monarch butterfly perched on goldenrod.
16:41 UTC
14 Queens that just hatched and its’s cold.
I’m in Texas and the highs are low 50’s to low 60’s with the lows in the 40’s after today. Is it safe to release? Suggestions welcomed.
09:02 UTC
Extended Season
Central Texas, just after Thanksgiving, is still enjoying our beautiful butterfly guests.
23:42 UTC
36 degrees out tonight in Florida, should I bring my monarch chrysalis inside or leave them outside? I’m worried with how cold it will be but also worried to disturb nature
22:09 UTC
Red Liquid?
Hello, I am currently taking care of a red spotted purple butterfly that can not be released outside due to extreme cold temperatures.
She has been very happily eating on a tomato slices, red peppers and clementines and also drinking some muddy water.
I am aware that butterflies excrete red liquid after emerging, but she has already been out and about for three days so I'm not sure if that is still able to happen? Is it due to the tomatoes? Or is it likely she may be sick. I am worried about her being ill due to having cats in my home, although I keep them away from her as much as possible. I have a very curious cat who likes to watch her flutter around.
Is it normal for a butterfly to continue to excrete red liquid 3 days after emerging? I did read that sometimes their poop changes due to their food and since she has been drinking from red peppers and tomatoes it can cause her waste to be red? I plan to put her outside to be eaten once she dies naturally just so her life still adds to the circle of life, but if she is ill I don't want to risk infecting anything.
I am very worried about my cats, but also the butterfly. I have been keeping her warm because I'd feel quite sad about her freezing outside, but I don't want her to be suffering from some infection.
20:14 UTC
My favorite butterfly friend from this year
21:06 UTC
Very high resolution shot of a comma butterfly (Polygonia c-album) on a purple angelica (Angelica gigas) in Härnösand, Sweden [8688x5792]
02:27 UTC
Beautiful Common Buckeye Butterfly
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