Date: 07/22/2018

Number: 7

I released 4 males and 3 females today with sunny, 80 degrees and a gentle breeze. I've been giving them longer to dry and strength their wings. Two hours in their individual container and 2 hours in the butterfly cube in sunshine if possible. They really fly well after a couple hours exercise in the cube. One of the females that eclosed yestereday can't fly. She looks perfect. No deformities nothing on the wings or body to indicate the presence of disease. I felt bad at first but then I went online and did some reading and I decided to turn this into a learning opportunity. I can give her a life if I can get her to eat. She has taken over the large butterfly cube and i got her to eat. I set her cube out in the garden right next to the tall Joe Pye Weed so she could kind of be in nature. The only hard part is watching her fluttering her wings trying to fly.

Saint Paul, MN

Latitude: 44.9 Longitude: -93.1

Observed by: Linda
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