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When you order butterflies for a butterfly
release event, you will
need to know how to care for them until the
day of your special event to ensure that they
are alive and well, and healthy enough to live
in the wild after you have released them.
Your butterflies should arrive in either
single release boxes or in a large glassine
envelope. Either way, these will be
packaged in a larger box that is cooled with
ice packs. This is to keep the
butterflies in a calm state, as they are when
they hibernate during the colder months of the
year. They will be alive and some may be
awake and moving around so you might hear them
scratching or fluttering on the inside of the
box, and this is perfectly normal.
Remove the ice packs from the box and
re-freeze them. When they are frozen,
replace the ice packs into the box and close
it. You will then want to store the box
of butterflies in a dark place that is not hot
or stuffy, like in a closet or a cupboard,
until the event day.
On the day of your event, you will move the
butterflies to the event in the same box that
they have been stored in. Be sure to
keep the box in a shaded area and don’t keep
them in a hot car for more than a couple of
minutes as the kind of heat that occurs in a
closed up car will surely shock and possibly
kill your butterflies.
Two or three hours before the time of the
release you will need to remove the individual
release boxes or envelopes from the storage
box and away from the ice in order for them to
begin to warm up and get ready to fly.
Place the release boxes or envelopes in a
sunny spot for about a half an hour if it is a
cooler day. Remember that the
butterflies won’t fly at all if the
temperature outside is below 55 degrees.
If it is very warm outside, place the release
boxes in a shady area for the two or three
hours.
This is all of the care that is required
for release
butterflies that are purchased from a
reputable breeder who breeds butterflies for
the purpose of release events. When it
is time to release
your butterflies, simply open the release
box or the glassine envelope and watch them
go. You can also make or purchase a
special release basket that is made to make
your butterfly release look even more
beautiful. Release baskets can be made
with a specially lined basket covered in
tulle, or can usually be purchased from the
same place that you purchase your live release
butterflies from.
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