Caring For an Injured Butterfly 

Everyone gangsta till someone gets jumped by butterflies.

when I was 9 or 8 I saved a bee by remembering a facebook post for helping exhausted bees by giving them sugar water. edit: only do this to bumble bees or bees that don't make honey because it is harmful to the honey as it dilutes it.

The sweetest little butterfly. I'm glad you're taking care of her for her short lifespan. Seeing as she can't fly, she's living her best life! :D

the one dislike is the other butterfly that tried to fight them

I googled how you can tell m/f - Males have a small black spot on the top surface of the hindwing. Females do not. You can see the spot when the wings are open; sometimes it's faintly visible when the wings are closed, too. Males also have slightly thinner wing veins.

Butterfly Pavilion (United States-based invertebrate zoo) volunteer here! Thanks for taking this little one in, so many people wouldn't think twice about trying to improve an invertebrate's quality of life. Most of what you talked about was exactly right, and your set up looked great for a disabled butterfly such as the one you've got! An unflighted butterfly doesn't need as much space as most people would think to thrive, your enclosure is a good size. I'd just like to throw in a few notes for anyone reading through the comments ^-^ If you have to handle a butterfly, even an uninjured one (Removing it from your clothing as you go inside, etc), use a glove if you can (If you can't, just try to keep contact short and gentle) and use the "scissor grip". Take your index and middle finger, approach from behind, and place one on either side of the butterfly's four wings. Never pick them up by their body, and try to avoid any contact with their legs. When releasing, don't place them down on a surface if they're able to fly. Instead, gently toss and release. Butterflies taste with their feet and they're super sensitive, so placing them down on a surface or letting their feet touch your fingertips could damage them and significantly shorten their lifespan. Good luck!

Soda: _brings her butterfly outside_ That one Monarch butterfly: *”i will cause pain and destruction to you”*

You can also give them some fruit slices, they love oranges, sometimes I put orange slices outside and these types of butterflys would start swarming!

I did this too. They are so fragile. Mine was a field butterfly and had ripped off half a wing someone ran over her on a bike

I kept a cricket that I named “tango” for absolutely no reason, she died of thirst after I forgot to give her water. She lived for a month which is probably a pretty long time for a cricket kept by a 9 year old. Edit: I searched it up and actually she lived a really long life for your average North American cricket

I love this! Especially with monarch's population going down, this is a nice video to share! I have a tip on watering them, though. Grab some marbles and put them in a shallow container (only enough to cover the bottom) and put some water in the container. The butterfly should be able to walk on the marbles while grabbing a quick sip of water without drowning! You can use this for bees too, and it's perfect for gardens!

I love your content so much! Please never stop doing what you're doing, you're amazing!!

Once a butterfly got stuck inside my house trying to get out the window it was petrified Because It could not get out it was going crazy so when it calmed down I put a flower next to him he flew onto my hand and he wouldn’t leave I was holding him and it flew to the wall it stayed there the whole night the next day my mum left the door open and he flew from the wall and there he went. I thought it was pregnant because it was soo fat.

I'm terrified of butterflies, to me they look like cockroaches with pretty wings BUT its was certainly an informative video to watch, maybe this knowledge will help someone in the future!

aww poor girl hope she lives a beautiful and long life!!

I have always been so scared of butterflies, but this is just sad. :(

i bet for the butterfly's wings that when she came out of her cocoon, they did not separate fully, causing then to rip and tear.

I remember when I found a butterfly stuck in my pool, I grabbed one of the pool things and saved them, when I did I out them into a jar for about an hour till I saw they were flying a bit in the jar, so I opened the jar put them on my finger and let them fly away, I love this memory a lot, I was like 7 or 8 when this happened.

this is the most wholesome video on the face of this earth... this sweet delicate little butterfly and her super kind owner :3

During summer I found a tiger swallowtail butterfly that had a bent wing, so I brought her in and cared for her for 1 month and 2 weeks. (Since they only live for about 2-3 weeks) That’s really crazy. I gave her sugar water and the day before she passed, I let her practice flying in my backyard,(which she can’t really fly) and I asked my mom if I could let her fly one more time today, and she said tomorrow. Tomorrow was the day we watched her pass away. My sister and I put her into resin and she still is on the desk in the living room. rest in piece Bumble!

Animals I have rescued: a roster, a baby bird, a lot of bees, butterflies, spiders and other insects, two cats (I adopted one of them the other one already had a home) mice and some frogs, hope everything works out for her ❤️

Aww I love the butterfly! I’m sure she’s happy

This is a milkweed flowers that butterflies eat.

I just found an exhausted butterfly at a gas station/restroom/roadside food stop. It has a little bit of ripping on its wings, but I think it will still be able to fly. Thanks for sharing and showing me how to rescue this little guy.

Im terrified of bugs but I like butterflies, I could never let one crawl on me though XD. Once my school found a poor frozen butterfly in yhe cafeteria

Truly, you could make an 8 hour sleep video of just the little butter(walk) doing it's thing. That end part was so adorable and relaxing

If she’s still going please make an update vid!

Um. So i had a monarch Caterpillar and i grew up and it had parasites and could not fly. Me and my dad cared for it, and we fed it nectar out of a foil dish. We loved her, and surprisingly she lived for a month and a week. We even brought her to Lake Tahoe, but then she died. We loved her so much, and i could not forget her at all. Rip Autumn 🍂

Damn, this brought back some memories- I’ve been obsessed with moths since I was a kid, and one time one landed on me- I had an app that identifies species of things if you take a picture of them, and it told me it was a mint moth,,, and since there was mint outside with me I put some water on it and it drank from it! Probably TMI, but I wanted to share my little anecdote :)

this girl is taking care of a flapping (pun intended) butterfly meanwhile i cant keep a plant alive

The way you care for pets is just so pleasing! Keep doing what you are doing! :D

Strong beautiful butterfly 🦋 Also hi neighbour from Australia

omg i thought the parrots were my rats getting terrified/hurt, they came to find the 'rat being attacked'

sodas literally the kindest person ever

You are honestly such a kind soul. I wish the most amazing life on you

she is so caring to animals and that’s why i love her 😌

I love how you used the pot from a Calico critter set

This is so incredibly wholesome. Please do not stop posting things like this and doing things like this if they make you happy. It’s very relaxing to see such genuine content on the internet right now. 💙

Aww,I hope she's doing better in the future

This is so sweet 💕 I love how you are so caring towards all little creatures! Personality butterflies freak me out a bit as any flying insect does but I'm glad she is happy and well cared for 😊💕

This is so sweeeeet Its so amazing and inspiring and wholesome how you care for animals, bugs and the environent. Youre a great person! Keep up the good work

This was so nice and generous! I hope it lives the best life it can with it's wings.

Great video! Thanks for making it! I also just rescued one that can not fly. I'll care for her until her last day. Thanks so much for the video! ❤

Just found an injured monarch butterfly and the video helped me so much. Thank you!

when i first saw your channel years ago i looked up to you you would do the things i wanted to do and now i still do i really like helping every living thing and seeing this makes me happy :)

I had a pet butterfly in 2016, also one that I found with a broken wing. He lived longer than the average life expectancy and was really cool. Thanks to him I overcame this little aversion i had towards butterflies and could learn a lot. Like that honey water is bad for them, as it can crystalize inside them and kill them, or that they taste with their feet. A butterfly heart and other organ positions (so I knew where to be extra careful i googled the anatomy) and so on.

I’m so glad she’s in good hands

Started watching your channel since last week and I love it keep on going

My mother used to have a monarch butterfly farm where she would take the eggs off of the milkweed put them in a enclosure (with more milkweed) and waited for them to become a butterfly then she would release them.

When I was younger I used to catch grasshoppers, and butterflies and keep them in an aquarium. I would decorate it with rocks, sticks and flowers, I would feed them different fruits and vegetables and just watch them grow. I wasn't allowed to have a real pet until I was maybe 11. I don't really like bugs anymore but I do have fond memories of keeping them.

If you have a butterfly that can fly, its too small, but since it can only walk- this is an appropriate size, but ofc it should be bigger.

its so sweet watching ppl helping insects, they also got lives and just need some love sometimes and caring. Insect lives matter!

This is one of the nicest things anyone could do, I found a butterfly before in my backyard, the butterfly’s wings were damaged and was hurt, I picked the butterfly up, I didn’t hurt it in anyway,I went to my room put it on my desk, because it might fall off my hands, I made her a little thing like yours,I got some flowers, the butterfly is doing much better, I’m still caring for her, I am scared to glue any other butterfly’s wing to this one so I’m just caring for her until she gets better,I had the butterfly for only 4 weeks , I do take her outside, she has not fell yet, I have not seen another butterfly of the same species of mine attack the butterfly, I don’t think she’ll live that long, but I’m trying to save her for her to have a longer life, I love the butterfly, I think the butterfly might be a girl but yeah!!!

So lovely hearing of people caring for these beautiful creatures. The flower your monarch is happily feeding off is a buddleia ( renowned for being a favourite of butterflies and bees.). My monarchs adore them.😊

Once you cut a flower it stops making nectar in a few minutes.

Thanks so much for this information. Very useful!

U always care of any animal,even butterflies and also small animals,love u

I’ve just watched this after many searches to help a grounded butterfly, thank you!… it does what it says on the tin👍 I’m in North Yorkshire and clearing my outhouses 2weeks ago I came across quite a few healthy ones that took off but I have this one and she’s lasting a while🦋💜

I've found your account pretty recently and I really like your content, keep up the good work!

Awe she's so strong! Also Soda you're amazing

petition to name her blossom:

What an awesome and informative video! When I was younger I used to bring injured butterflies home all the time - especially during summer! They usually lived for 1-2 weeks, I was always super proud when they got to the 2nd week 💖

youre so kind for trying to take care of her/him :)

Awww it's soo nice ur taking care of it keep up the good work!

omg ur so amazing! you care for animals way more than anyone i met!

Thank you for being amazing and being so nice, I hope she does very well from his point on!

Ur bassiacly the most wholesome RU-vidr I've ever seen

It's wonderful that you rescued this beauty! I hope she lives long and happy ^^

This is too pure and beautiful. Thanks.

Thank you so much. Recently my step mom got one of those butterfly hatcheries of of amazon and when the caterpillars were forming their chrysalis one of them fell over breaking his wings and prevented legs from being formed. Yesterday we let the rest go and I took in the disabled one and I haven't had him for long but Im not ready for him to die. He has crushed wings and only 3 legs and only 2 of them work properly. I didn't know whether it was better to keep him or let him go but now that I know im doing the right thing I want to give him his best life. While knowing that he can barely move to eat he wont live long but I want to try and make the best of it.

Thank you so much for caring for her! You have a good heart

Monarchs are beautiful, i love the flower that you have for the butterfly

Thank you for this info

You always take care of animals and it's so kind

Wow 🙏 thank you for this info it’s very precious! I just found a hurt butterfly 🦋 so that’s so helpful. God bless and guide you 💕

Thank you. The internet said to leave nature to its course. But this sweet little yellow butterfly is going to live its last days in peace.

I love that your caring for a butterfly! Also can u do more vids of taking ur cockatiels out? I love those vids and rewatch them often

I kind do this but with some plantes usually we do take out the dead plants and if I see like a really healthy one that does not have any bugs or completely dead i won't take it

Awe that is awesome of you to help the butterfly 🦋

let’s actually take a moment to appreciate what she done. although butterflies live a few weeks she still saved one. amazing.

They will guzzle the juice from cut up watermelon pieces with great alacrity! I think the red color probably helps them home in on it as well. I picked up a weakened straggler today on my way to work, took it in where it’s warm (I’m from michigan and it’s beginning to get cold) and left it in a container with a nice bit of melon. I observed it drinking from the fruit with extended proboscis; and not long after that the little animal was vigorously trying to escape its habitat so I took it outside. It began to rapidly shake; almost vibrating for a moment then flew off with what appeared to me to be more or less full strength! It cleared a road at an altitude of at least 12 feet then veered about 45 degrees and rose to about 40 feet and fluttered off out of sight! It was a very happy occasion. But it must make it all the way to Mexico- a journey that takes at least 1-2 months. I’m very proud to have helped the little animal and I enjoyed observing it during our brief period together. I hope it makes it to the big monarch gathering

You are truly an a AMAZING soul! You have such a huge heart. You go above and beyond when it comes to animals. We need more people like you in the world. My name (Vanessa) means butterfly, so I’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for them. 🦋They are such beautiful and graceful beings. As always...I love your videos!

Wow she is so nice to all animals she dose as much as she can to make it happy. 🙂❤️

Your videos really make happy😊

My siblings and me always made it our mission to save all bugs from our pool and we didn't realy know how to care for them, so we just sat them on flowers in a corner of our garden with a lot of sunshine.

Such a beautiful butterfly 🥺

So special! Found one injured today and trying your tactics now!

Good advice!!

You are so underrated! And with an underrated youtuber, comes a new subscriber :]

OMG thank you so muchhhh! I have found injured butterflies before and I was always so sad I didnt know what to do with them! This is very helpful!

I raise butterflies!!! the best thing for monarchs is a plant called milkweed. that is the best source of nutrients for them. also if an intact butterfly won’t fly, just put it in a plant. don’t bring it in!! it might be young and the wings might still be “drying” from the pupation stage

Oh yeah I used to have a budlia in my garden it smelt so good

i love her so much also her voice

I remember my class held a discussion about a class pet, so my friend brought some painted lady caterpillars. They went into cocoons except for a dead one, and we released our last ones.

I took care of a butterfly for a while, I mixed a bit of sugar with some water and put it in a cotton ball, I also got a bit of dirt and put it with some water and rocks because what I found when I looked it up was that butterflies find puddles and get nutrients from them. The butterfly later on flew off with some coaxing

Your such a kind soul!

You saved a flutterby! I saved a Spooder last summer from drowning in the pool. He got better and lived in an unused, brand new trash can with some paper on the ground so I could see him. He stayed a day or two, and then I released him into the garden outside my complex. He was a Hacklemesh, and I named him Hecc. I hope he lived a nice life and told all his friends about the giant that saved him from the swimming pool.

Patty!!! Ahh! Absolutely obsessed with your collection! Your so lucky! :)

If it can’t fly, would it be called a butter? This is a joke, I appreciate your work, keep it up! Thank you for being the best animal youtuber!

She’s so beautiful! I hope her wings get better 👁〰️👁