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Butterfly With A Torn Wing Asks Woman For Help (Original Post) catbyte Yesterday OP
When I was about 5 BaronChocula Yesterday #1
Love this so much!! Chicagogrl1 Yesterday #2
Miracles happen every day. calimary Yesterday #3
This is amazing. I hope that this is real question everything Yesterday #4
The Dodo doesn't do AI and neither do I. catbyte 23 hrs ago #7
Not a Monarch Cirsium 23 hrs ago #5
2 weeks later she got a postcard from Acapulco JoseBalow 23 hrs ago #6

BaronChocula

(4,976 posts)
1. When I was about 5
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 02:41 PM
Yesterday

I saved a moth from a spider web. Just a plain old white moth. I don't know why. It was pretty done for. I put it in a jar with a stick and a piece of grass for a day or two. I remember feeling a little betrayed when my back was turned and it flew away, but a sister reminded me I succeeded in my mission.

question everything

(52,636 posts)
4. This is amazing. I hope that this is real
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 03:35 PM
Yesterday

I have been amazed before by clips only to be told that they were AI..


Cirsium

(4,238 posts)
5. Not a Monarch
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 04:19 PM
23 hrs ago

That isn't a Monarch and it won't be going to Mexico. It is a Viceroy - Limenitis archippus. The lifespan for adults is as short as 2 weeks. There are often 2 or 3 generations in a season. They overwinter as caterpillars, and use willows species as larval host plants. The damage is likely to be from a bird strike, which is pretty common. They can still complete their life cycle with that amount of damage. Trying to "help" them can interrupt their breeding cycle in their very short lives.

JoseBalow

(9,918 posts)
6. 2 weeks later she got a postcard from Acapulco
Fri Jun 26, 2026, 04:21 PM
23 hrs ago
"Having a great time, wish you were here! - Betty"
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