Do you think she will fly?

13 years ago

By now everyone knows about my trials with the late season cats, now they are starting to eclose. I have already released 3 healthy butterflies. Yesterday one of the cats that pupated on a paper towel eclosed, I found her on her back with the wings 3/4 filled. After putting her on the mesh she filled out the rest of her wing but they are slightly malformed but I think she could still fly. I put her on a flower to eat and left her there for most of the day... when it started to get cooler, she was still there so I brought her in for the night. Now she is in the sunlight in the cage on my deck where she seems to be excercising her wings. Do you think that there is a chance she will fly? Sorry this is so long :)

Sort by:Oldest

Comments (9)

MissSherry
13 years ago
I've seen butterflies with slightly deformed wings fly very well, but if they're more than just a little deformed, I doubt she'll make it. A butterfly that can't fly can't live long. But please give her every opportunity to exercise her wings - she may do fine.

Sorry - here's hoping she makes it!

Sherry
Leafhead
13 years ago
Give her a chance. If she flies, so be it but every now and then Nature puts out a dud that doesn't survive and there is not much we can do about that. The fact that she is exercising is a good sign, but the only way to find out is to let her try and wish her well.
Related Professionals
Montgomery Landscape Architects & Landscape Designers · Raleigh Landscape Architects & Landscape Designers · Cookeville Landscape Architects & Landscape Designers · Hempstead Landscape Architects & Landscape Designers · Portsmouth Landscape Contractors · York Landscape Contractors · Sioux City Landscape Contractors · Lancaster Landscape Contractors · Billings Landscape Contractors · Dalton Home Builders · Waycross Home Builders · Dubuque Home Builders · Rockford Home Builders · Temecula Home Builders · Farmington Home Builders
NaturesFolly
Original Author
13 years ago
Left her outside all day with periods of freedom so she could fly, she just fluttered to the ground and was unable to fly back up so once again she is in the back room with some sugar water.
NaturesFolly
Original Author
13 years ago
SHE FLEW AWAY today!!
MissSherry
13 years ago
That's wonderful!!

Sherry
hawaiiponder34
13 years ago
Whew,im glad she did :-)
TreeRoots
13 years ago
Awesome news!!
Leafhead
13 years ago
Hooray, all she needed was a little extra attention...
noacceptance772
12 years ago
I am sure she will fly :)
This reminds me about one of my African Monarches.
The poor thing had it's pupa eaten by ants while it was still inside, so it hatched with a missing antenna and plus, it fell from the pupa and its wings never did form. Me and my small bro were examining it and I remarked "Well, this one is ugly" but my lil bro replied with it being the prettiest he's seen. So as we knew it wont live for long, we thought about making the last few days of it's life fun. :)
We took photos, fed it, took it out, etc till a day later, as it had already passed away during the midday. :'(
-TL;DR: All I am saying is that, even if it cannot fly, keep her as a pet. :)

This post was edited by NOACCEPTANCE772 on Fri, Dec 13, 13 at 18:32