hibernation
Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2010 7:01 pm
hello all
right were to begin, first of all i am so so sorry if i have done the wrong thing but this is the story so far...
over a week ago i steped outside at work to find a butterfly sunning its self on the walk way, 5 mins later it was still there much to the anoyance of fellow workers, a few nearly steped on it, i made the decision to move it, rather than it getting steped on!
i was very careful and it didnt make a fuss, i moved it to the side were it remained until now, somedays opening up other days not, sometimes just fluttering abit, when i noticed it had a damaged wing.
after looking on line i relised it was may be trying to hibernate not in a great place at all no shelter, i again made a decision (sorry if this was all the wrong thing to do) to go to work on a weekend as i couldnt sleep last night and bring it home ( mad i know) after looking around for a while i found it had blown away abit and we had alot of frost last night too, i got it into a box and in the journey home it started to flutter or twitch abit so i know its still alive,
i have now placed it in my porch window as i do not have a shed,
now reading again i see this may be the wrong thing if the sun comes out, it is very very cold in there with no heating
what should i do ? im sorry if i have done the wrong thing but i couldjust leave it to be stepped on
then i couldnt leave it when i read it may be hibernating
i think it is a red admiral but having looked at pics it may also be a painted lady, it is closed again now is there any other way for finding out what it is , the only thing i know is we have butterflys in our garden but this is the most stunning i have ever seen
i am sorry this is so long winded i wanted you to have all the fact in order to try and assist me
i also no its chances are slim
thanks all x
right were to begin, first of all i am so so sorry if i have done the wrong thing but this is the story so far...
over a week ago i steped outside at work to find a butterfly sunning its self on the walk way, 5 mins later it was still there much to the anoyance of fellow workers, a few nearly steped on it, i made the decision to move it, rather than it getting steped on!
i was very careful and it didnt make a fuss, i moved it to the side were it remained until now, somedays opening up other days not, sometimes just fluttering abit, when i noticed it had a damaged wing.
after looking on line i relised it was may be trying to hibernate not in a great place at all no shelter, i again made a decision (sorry if this was all the wrong thing to do) to go to work on a weekend as i couldnt sleep last night and bring it home ( mad i know) after looking around for a while i found it had blown away abit and we had alot of frost last night too, i got it into a box and in the journey home it started to flutter or twitch abit so i know its still alive,
i have now placed it in my porch window as i do not have a shed,
now reading again i see this may be the wrong thing if the sun comes out, it is very very cold in there with no heating
what should i do ? im sorry if i have done the wrong thing but i couldjust leave it to be stepped on
then i couldnt leave it when i read it may be hibernating
i think it is a red admiral but having looked at pics it may also be a painted lady, it is closed again now is there any other way for finding out what it is , the only thing i know is we have butterflys in our garden but this is the most stunning i have ever seen
i am sorry this is so long winded i wanted you to have all the fact in order to try and assist me
i also no its chances are slim
thanks all x