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a butterfly with a broken wing?
My kids got a butterfly habitat and raised larve into butterflys. They had so much fun watching them grow. We let them go today, all except for one. The poor little thing couldn't fly(: one of its wings didn't develop properly and it is in two parts. Not sure what we can do except for keep it. Any suggestions OR is there a way to "fix" the wing? I doubt it but just wanted to ask just incase its possible.
Thanks....we are giving it orange slices and sugar water on flowers. I guess we need to name our butterfly, my son will be happy we are keeping it. He cried when we let the others go. This butterfly didn't attatch itself to the top of the jar so (as the instructions said) we layed him on a napkin. Now I am thinking we should have turned it over each day): so the blood could flow????
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
The wing isn't broken insects don't have bones. It didn't have space to pump hemolyph into its wings after molting. It's deformed because of that and would not survive in the wild. You can keep it in the enclosure and give it Orange slices.
Hemolyph is insect blood. But the thing for insects once they get their wings is gravity. Not only do they pump hemolyph into veins in the wings but gravity helps them move the blood faster since scelorization happens fast. Putting it on a napkin wasn't a good idea that may have been the factor for the wings.
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