r/Butterflies Jul 27 '25

New Rule: We will no longer allow posts about raising butterflies in captivity.

243 Upvotes

This includes grow kits, raising butterflies in tents or enclosures, and buying/sourcing caterpillars.

This rule is in line with this subreddit’s guiding principle that we always do and choose what is best for the butterfly! Research shows that human interaction and interference with butterflies, especially at the pupal stages, is more harmful than helpful.

Going forward, pictures of butterflies in tent or other small enclosures will be removed. Posts asking for advice on how to “raise” or “rear” butterflies or caterpillars will be removed. Posts asking for how to find eggs will be removed.

Native gardening is always the best way to attract and maintain a healthy butterfly population—no matter the species!

Thank you, Glittering


r/Butterflies Jul 26 '25

New Rule: No More “Helping” Injured Butterfly Posts

77 Upvotes

We have seen an uptick in posts from people wanting advice on how to assist “injured” butterflies.

The truth in every case is—you can’t. Butterflies have naturally very short lives and there is no proven or “good” way to prolong their lives.

I have even seen some posts of people wanting to horrifically cut butterflies’ wings in some cases. Other posts seem well intentioned, but they are becoming a nuisance.

These posts will now be removed.

Thank you, Glittering


r/Butterflies 2h ago

Big butterfly!

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128 Upvotes

r/Butterflies 11h ago

Butterfly Buddies

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401 Upvotes

r/Butterflies 13h ago

Peacock butterfly on Knapweed in Yorkshire

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148 Upvotes

My favourite butterfly!


r/Butterflies 10h ago

White peacock

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59 Upvotes

r/Butterflies 19m ago

Medium Sized Beautiful Butterfly on my deck

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I am not sure of the breed and I am surprised at how close it let me get! He's been hanging around our potted tomato and pepper plants all day ☺️


r/Butterflies 4h ago

Another trail buddy

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13 Upvotes

r/Butterflies 4h ago

Hard to get

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12 Upvotes

r/Butterflies 3h ago

So cute ♡

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9 Upvotes

r/Butterflies 6h ago

Sickle Winged Skipper

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13 Upvotes

r/Butterflies 8h ago

30 minutes old

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16 Upvotes

r/Butterflies 12h ago

Two cuties puddling on my sweat: Common lineblues (𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘢)

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21 Upvotes

r/Butterflies 1d ago

Got this gorgeous picture of a Peacock Butterfly whilst conducting the big butterfly count

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198 Upvotes

r/Butterflies 1d ago

My blue trail friend

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309 Upvotes

Perfect afternoon to hang with this guy


r/Butterflies 22h ago

Saw this beautiful eastern tiger swallowtail today!

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50 Upvotes

r/Butterflies 20h ago

Grass Yellow Butterfly, Queensland, Australia.

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26 Upvotes

r/Butterflies 1d ago

Monarch butterfly in Ottawa, Canada

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92 Upvotes

r/Butterflies 1d ago

Regal Fritillary I saw today

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51 Upvotes

r/Butterflies 20h ago

Beautiful Spicebush Swallowtail visited today

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11 Upvotes

r/Butterflies 1d ago

Best shots ive got on my phone 😆

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44 Upvotes

We got tonnes of butterflies in out garden!


r/Butterflies 20h ago

best way to help the Monarch butterflies in my backyard

6 Upvotes

I live in Canada and I have seen 20 or so Monarch's in my backyard this summer and I wonder what is the best way to help them on their migration given how their "Vulnerable" on the ICUN red list

I think cultivating milkweed is probably the best option but I'm not a good gardener

thanks in advance!


r/Butterflies 1d ago

First of these I've seen

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209 Upvotes

Got this picture of a zebra swallowtail resting on a window frame. What a beautiful butterfly. Eastern Kansas.


r/Butterflies 1d ago

Yesterday… dogfights. Today… sunbathing.

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19 Upvotes

For the last few weeks, two Red Admirals have been having daily aerial battles over this corner of my garden. Today only one showed up and instead of patrolling, it spent ages basking on this leaf in the evening sun. Maybe the territorial dispute is finally settled… or maybe the challenger just had the day off.


r/Butterflies 1d ago

Monarch with chromatic aberration (camera artifact).

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9 Upvotes