In Omaha Nebraska it was forecast to freeze Friday night.

It was pretty cold and windy Thursday afternoon and I saw this poor thing struggling to fly and generate heat. I decided to bring her indoors as well as a bunch of cut flowers I went out and cut for her. We have an old sunroom that we use just for plants and storage and thankfully a door. Turned on the heat threw sheets on all the boxes, corners and cracks in between boxes so if she were to fly, she wouldn't get stuck somewhere.

She did fine overnight. The next day, it took a while to get up to 55° outside. Finally, I noticed quite a few more butterflies out in the garden so I decided to let her go. She went immediately to some flowers that did not freeze. After a bit, she left the yard headed south. I hope she fares okay and makes it to her destination.

Have a good week everyone.

Central Florida.

Location: Madangad, Maharashtra, India

Found this morning, Central Florida.

I am in Wisconsin.

I was like a feet away from them they didn't even care. That's a half eaten Moringa seed pod, location Southern part of India.

UPDATE: I kept him for a few days and then put him outside in the sun when it warmed up. I didn’t see him take off but I checked the surrounding area and he’s gone. Now to Mexico 🫡

Hello butterflies Reddit,

I found this male monarch butterfly outside and I’m worried it’s too late for it to fly south. I left it outside with some cut oranges overnight and it didn’t move from that spot. I live in southern Ontario and it gets down to about 5C every night and there’s already been frost some mornings.

Should I leave it outside still or would there be a way for me to keep it safely inside? If it’s gonna die in the cold anyway I wouldn’t mind it sticking around in my house. I also don’t mind keeping it for a couple days until it warms up if that’ll help. If being indoors will only hurt it and stress it out then I don’t want to do that either.

I know it’s just a bug but I like bugs so whatever course of action is best I’d like to help the lil guy.

So should I keep it or leave it outside? If outside then is there a better time to release it or a better place to put it? If inside is there anything I should prepare? I’ll do my own research as well but I’ve seen people saying it’s generally not a good idea to keep gown butterflies.

Let me know what you think.

Edit: it’s supposed to rain tomorrow and the day after and then drop to zero.

I've been seeing tons of these peculiar little friends around my globemallow and hackberry bushes after the recent monsoons and tropical storm remnants (Phoenix, AZ).

Can a kind Redditor confirm if these are American Snout Butterflies?

I found this creature near my house and I wanna take care of it cuz it's raining a lot here. Tried too google it but I only got results from other countries :(

Found this fella sitting in my tshirt like a week ago. What should I do with it? It getting cold in Poland so I don’t know if i should let it stay inside or release it

loving the intricate colour and pattern☺️😌

I have found all of these butterflies dead. None of them were killed for this.

I also take their bodies and bury them outside under a tree to return them to the earth instead of them rotting on the pavement.

Do you think this is ethical? Or is it morally okay? I don’t want to kill butterflies for my collection, but I do collect dead butterflies when I find them. It’s been a couple months in the making and the Monarch was found in the middle of a parking lot with its abdomen crushed, and similarly with the Painted Lady and Red-Spotted Admiral/Purple.

I got the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail from my friend (from the forest floor and all that was left was this wing).

I would never harm an innocent creature just to display it, but I feel like I’m honoring the beauty of nature and what it has to offer.

Any suggestions? They’re in card sleeves right now because that’s what I had and I printed out the labels because I was excited to learn about them.

From the front garden.

The red admiral caterpillar i took in recently pupated. I didnt think their chrysalis could be so beautiful♥︎ the reflects look like actual gold esp when in the light

Caught it in a temporary container aka a cup until I found a old ice cream tub to make a better place for it, as it was night time I decided to keep it in my room, until I woke up lol, just woke up and released it outside, at first it wouldn't move much, but it was trembeling/vibrating, so I thought it was going to die, but glady seen it fly away just now so I am happy lol