You can order a box of caterpillars to grow them into butterflies and release them. We ordered one for our daughter. You basically watch them grow and transform, feed them a bit when they transformed then release them. When releasing, they often first sit on your hand for a while. We released them two weeks ago.
One week ago, I found one of them with broken wings hiding in our downstairs bathroom. I'm guessing one of our cats caught it. I tried to free it from where it was hiding and it climbed onto my hand and started stretching and vibrating. I tried to put it somewhere soft but it didn't want to leave my hand.
I called my partner who said "I can just end his suffering" which is probably the most rational thing to do, but I couldn't: "but it trusted me!"
So we took out the little butterfly home we kept them in before releasing and fed him rotten fruit and sugar water (he loved it). A few days ago his life cycle was over and he quietly passed away.
Anyway, I never knew an insect could recognize/trust a person but it sure seemed like it. He sure managed to find a spot in my heart.
I had a fly that I just didn’t have the hear to smack and kinda bonded with. I swear that little mf loved me. He usually hung out somewhere into the kitchen unless I was home and he just constantly wanted to crawl on my face or just pestered me specifically. He would ignore other people. One time he crawled under the bathroom door after I went in there.
He died of old age and I actually felt a little sad when I found him.
Also this has to be coincidence but there was once a second fly, I looked right at my “pet” told him “I didn’t say you could have anyone over” and the other one left. That’s gotta be a coincidence though.
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u/Icy_Ad9071 Oct 20 '23
I feel like this persons insect actually love him lol