We gave this butterfly a new wing! Can we help it fly? It had a broken wing and was unable to fly, so we fixed it by delicately gluing a new replacement to the stump. This video tells the story of connecting the new wing transplant and helping the butterfly learn to fly
Watch to find out if we were successful in giving this butterfly a second chance at flight, and life.
A new WING, a new HOPE for this butterfly!
00:00 - Broken wing, intro
00:27 - First drink from a flower
00:52 - Trying and failing to fly
1:04 - Immobilising butterfly for surgery
1:56 - Gluing donor wing
2:45 - Securing new wing
3:14 - Removing coverings after glue dried
3:30 - First released in flight house
3:55 - Clambering on flowers
4:20 - Feeding honey solution
4:50 - 2nd try at flying, progress!
5:23 - Safe inside overnight
5:35 - Butterfly friend encouraging it
5:45 - First Flight!!!!!!! Yay!
6:05 - fluttering and drinking from flowers
6:49 - He landed on me! Butterfly saying thank you!
7:25 - End, thank you and please subscribe!
This video will also help if you would like to know how to fix a broken butterfly wing, perform wing transplant surgery/prosthetics or rescue and care for an injured butterfly.
The butterfly is a Citrus Swallowtail male (Papilio demodocus) and the donor is a Green-Banded Swallowtail male (Papilio nireus)
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Thanks to Marc for helping shoot the footage while I was fixing the wing!
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