[20250321_113139] What happened to this butterfly? How do i care for it?:heart:

Something went wrong after it emerged from pupa. It was supposed to extend the wings by pumping internal fluids into them, but for some reason that didn’t fully work. It could be that it couldn’t climb somewhere so the wings could hang, the external conditions were too hot or cold or there was just …

Hello and welcome to the community ! I’m not an expert, so please take this with a grain or two of salt. But I think this butterfly’s wings are either crippled (by a predator or something) or still drying after emerging from it’s pupa. If it is still drying, then it should soon be able to fly away.…

Yes - it is possible that the process of filling the wings has not finished yet. In that case it should be OK soon. In that case the wings would be quite soft now.

It looks like undried wings after hatching to me… I think you should wait and see what happens next, see if they ‘dry’.

Thank you so much, unfortunately the wings stayed the same😔

Thank you so much, i placed it on rosemary and lavender flowers… the wings stayed the same… butterfly lived for about 5 days with me then she died😔

Thank you so much, you were right

It’s a Cabbage White! I love those and I have on my profile picture

Je pense que ses ailes n’ont pas finies de sécher. Laissez lui juste du temps. Il se peut qu’après l’avoir manipulé, ses ailes aient étés abimées, voir déchirées. Dans ce cas, mettez le dans une pièce close lumineuse avec de la nourriture. Les papillons peuvent apprendre à voler avec des ailes abimé…

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