I've done it for years. Their whole life cycle is intriguing and amazing. You can get really attached to the caterpill

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Lilith — 6 years ago(April 30, 2019 01:42 AM)

Isn't Nature simply wonderful?
They're so pretty!
"Your emotional state is not my responsibility." – Warren Smith

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Lara Croft — 6 years ago(April 30, 2019 03:33 AM)

Did you knew that if you clean that fine dust or something from their wings, they never fly ever again?
Well, this is a tomb. I'll make them feel at home

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NZer — 6 years ago(April 30, 2019 03:40 AM)

As they get much older, they lose a lot of that dust anyway. Sometimes their wings are almost transparent, and they can still fly. This isn't something I've read - This is something I've observed over quite a few years. In fact, their wings can be tattered and torn, but they'll go on flying until there's hardly anything left.

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passcode — 6 years ago(April 30, 2019 03:47 AM)

I got to get my hands on this magic dust.

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Strega — 6 years ago(April 30, 2019 04:59 AM)

Beautiful!

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Corwin — 6 years ago(April 30, 2019 05:11 AM)

Awesome.
There's an indoor butterfly habitat at the natural history museum in my neighbourhood. You bring your orange slices and they land on them (and on you).

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NZer — 6 years ago(April 30, 2019 05:19 AM)

Monarchs lay their eggs on swan plants, and the caterpillars eat the plants when the eggs hatch. The adult butterflies love all sorts of flowers. Hebe, lantana and buddleia are their favorites.

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Corwin — 6 years ago(April 30, 2019 05:25 AM)

Lovely.
There used to be more of them around here, but the population's gone down a bit because of issues, I understand, related to their big migration.

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NZer — 6 years ago(April 30, 2019 05:29 AM)

Also people don't really like swan plants in their gardens. They're not very pretty, and people like 'pretty'. So, nowhere for the butterflies to lay their eggs.

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prefect — 6 years ago(April 30, 2019 08:10 PM)

Can't they do it on their own? Why do you have to help them?