Comments on: A Clouded Sulphur Butterfly! In the winter!

By: Kenton and Rebecca

Kenton and Rebecca — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:39:39 +0000

Hi Iris!

Wow! Call Ripley indeed! That must have been quite a surprise. We’re happy to hear that he/she is devouring the sugar water — who knows, maybe she’ll make it till spring after all =)

By: iris

iris — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:55:53 +0000

Call Ripley!!! I found a Tiger Swallowtail In my back bedroom 01-07 2010.
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/butterfly/species/Tigersw.shtml
I don’t think mine wiil make it to Summer — life expectancy is not great for the butterflies.
It must have been on my Grapefruit Tree that I winter-over in the house.
Then the warm indoor air got it to “hatch” into it’s butterfly stage.
It’s in a critter box now and scarfing down nectar/ sugarwater.

By: marmee

marmee — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:37:31 +0000

we had a butterfly surprise us just a few days ago and our trying our best to keep it alive.
giving it nectar and water and added some fresh flowers.

By: Kenton and Rebecca

Kenton and Rebecca — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:07:24 +0000

Hello schirin!

They must be hibernating out there, and coming in on logs or trees. How marvelous! Sadly, despite our best attempts, our little butterfly didn’t make it. Or at least we think it didn’t make it. It has apparently died standing straight up, just as if it is frozen in place. We’re wondering if the best thing to do might have been to put it back outside — perhaps it ‘freezes’ for the winter like some caterpillars? We can’t seem to find any information on what the adults do during the winter.

We hope that yours fares wonderfully! We’re going to put ours outside once spring comes — if it is indeed dead, perhaps a bird will appreciate it.

By: schirin

schirin — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:50:09 +0000

Hi,

We found the same butterfly crawling up our window two days after purchasing our Christmas tree. I also was wondering how to keep that beautiful butterfly alive until it’s warm enough outside. It is snowing and freezing out here right now and I really don’t know how the butterfly got in here…. I guess our butterfly isn’t the only one out there

By: Kenton and Rebecca

Kenton and Rebecca — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 18:17:19 +0000

Hello Dean, and welcome! Thank you as well for alerting us to the presence of your blog — the simplicity and beauty of your posts is simply enchanting! We’re putting you up on our Awesome Nature Blog blogroll — we’ll look forward to seeing more!

By: Dean Leh

Dean Leh — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:25:46 +0000

Kenton and Rebecca:

Your nature blog is quite excellent. I am very impressed with your work and look forward to staying connected! Kudos!

http://deanleh.blogspot.com/

Dean Leh

By: Sally

Sally — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:36:31 +0000

Great adventure — an accidental experiment in longevity, as it were. I was going to try that with my favorite spiders, but couldn’t work it out.

Keep us posted! Hope he/she does great!

By: Kenton and Rebecca

Kenton and Rebecca — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:30:31 +0000

Thanks for the advice, barefootheart! We’ve tried it out – adding dirt and gravel to the nectar bowl, and we’re hoping there will naturally be enough salt and minerals in the dirt to sustain it. It’s still doing fine, fluttering about its little home and looking awfully pretty!

By: Kenton and Rebecca

Kenton and Rebecca — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:29:01 +0000

Hi Jay,

Ah shucks . . . we just hope we can help it along until springtime! It’s still doing great today. We’ve decorated a nice home for it, with some old echinacea stalks and a bowl of nectar-water.