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It was from a Papilio nireus that died naturally in our flight house

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Thank you so much! Yes butterflies do have scales on their wings, which seems like a dusty substance. It is , however, not necessary for them to fly. That is a common misconception. The scales give the wings their colours, and are on a clear membrane underneath. In some butterflies the membrane doesn't have many scales on it and the wings are transparent! Maybe I should do a video explaining this sometime!

It can dry in the sun!

Thank you! I used a contact adhesive. That sounds cool, although the bee will likely have suffered irreparable damage if it has lots its spike so I don't think sticking it back on will help sadly

​@@Butterflying_with_James The interesting thing is that if a seemingly dead bee has a certain weigth (certain amount of fluid inside the body is left), you can revive it by regularly breathing at it (like CPR). Just hold it gently by the wings an breath in its direction from maybe 20 cm away. If there's enough body fluid left, one of the legs will start twitching and after that all of them will move and the bee will come alive (no kidding). I did that when I was little after seeing a TV show about first aid and wondering why we don't do this for insects. Imaging my surprise when it actually worked (again, I'm not kidding)! Unfortunately, I didn't think about the missing stinger so I just left the bee alone after reviving it. Today, I suppose it must have actually died afterwards because of the whole in their body and the evaporation of body fluid. I mention this because this method worked more than once but not for every bee. The ones with less weight (I suppose more loss of body fluids) didn't come back. So I wondered if keeping the whole left by the lost stinger closed maybe the bee would stay alive but I suppose there are inner organs that are damaged after the bee loses it's sting.

It is a contact adhesive:)

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Yes it is a Citrus Swallowtail (Papilio demodocus), which is very similar to the Lime butterfly (Papilio demoleus) :) I am glad you enjoyed!

Great ladybeetles are important too!

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That sounds lovely! Buddlejah sounds like a great nectar plant too

Yes you have to be gentle holding the wings not to damage them😄 However, it is the membranes of the wings that are important. A butterfly can lose its scales and carry on flying as normal, contrary to popular belief.

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She's in a butterfly house, she's safe, and they literally just attached a wing to her, I think they know what they're doing...

Thank you! It is such fun

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A contact ahesive :)

I'm glad you enjoyed it:)

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Yes that is true. Rocket stoves are one way to make cooking more fuel-efficient. This video, however, showed an area not where people were simply chopping wood for themselves, but where there was large-scale chopping with trucks being loaded up with wood for commercial sale.

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I am so glad to hear that the plants and butterflies are doing well, thank you

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Thanks Harry!

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The glue may have some effect, but it is necessary. The butterfly could fly fine with a small (negligible) bit of glue, but could not fly at all before. Butterflies do not have nerves in their wings, but yes you do still have to be gentle handling them so as not to damage the delicate wing membrane further.

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I am really glad thank you!

Likely over the summer holiday (in the Northern hemisphere)... right now I am very busy studying (studying biology, which includes butterflies:))

@@Butterflying_with_James oh ok

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Yes that is a possibility

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Yes you are right it was damaged. Butterflies only need their forewings for basic flight so fixing the top wing was sufficient to help it to fly again:)