Broken and Tattered Butterfly Wings

Visit -- www.Butterfliesetc.com-- for Your Living Butterfly Needs

Butterfly Fun Facts www.Butterflyfunfacts.com

Lifecycles

Lifecycle Facts

Raising Butterflies

Free Downloads

Butterfly Identification

Butterfly Parasitoids

Butterfly Enemies

Butterfly Disease

Butterfly Plants

Plant Pests

Butterfly Gardening

FAQ

Odds and Ends

Ask Edith

Butterfly Plant Recipes

How fragile are butterflies?


Gulf Fritillary butterfly	Zebra Swallowtail butterfly	Zebra Swallowtail butterfly Transparent wings

Spicebush Swallowtail butterfly with broken wings	Spicebush Swallowtail butterfly with tattered wings	Palamedes Swallowtail butterfly worn with age

The butterflies above were photographed in the wild. They were all flying without problem when they were photographed. The Zebra Swallowtail flew 26 feet into the air to land on the side of a three story house whe it flew from my hand. The Spicebush Swallowtail was flying in the garden for three days after these photos were taken.

Butterflies are NOT as fragile and dainty as we believe.

Wings break and scales come off their wings. Their wings do not grow back. Their scales do not grow back. But relax! We have watched butterflies fly with 75% of their wings missing.

The good news is that butterfly wings will and do break. If they did not break, they would often be eaten for lunch instead of flying away from a predator leaving a piece of their wings in its beak, mouth, or claws.

www.ForButterflies.org
Association for Butterflies

www.ButterfliesEtc.com
Butterfly eggs, larvae, and pupae

Butterflies for Release

All photographs on this site are copyright protected.
For permission to use any photo, please contact Edith Smith at Shady Oak Butterfly Farm.

Email edith@buyabutterfly.com
Shady Oak Butterfly Farm Toll free 877-485-2458 12876 SW CR 231 Brooker, Fl 32622 Stephen & Edith Smith

Located 45 minutes from the Butterfly Rainforest Exhibit at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida