How to Feed Butterflies

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Provide flower nectar for butterflies in nature.. Use canned fruit nectar as an alternative to flower nectar.. Give butterflies sugar water if you don't have any nectar.

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Provide flower nectar for butterflies in nature.

Step 1

Provide flower nectar for butterflies in nature.

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Use canned fruit nectar as an alternative to flower nectar.

Step 2

Use canned fruit nectar as an alternative to flower nectar.

3

Give butterflies sugar water if you don't have any nectar.

Step 3

Give butterflies sugar water if you don't have any nectar.

4

Feed butterflies rotting fruit as an alternative.

Step 4

Feed butterflies rotting fruit as an alternative.

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Make a butterfly feeder

Step 5

Make a butterfly feeder

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Use Gatorade or fruit juice as an easy solution.

Step 6

Use Gatorade or fruit juice as an easy solution.

7

Make your own creative butterfly food solution to get the best results.

Step 7

Make your own creative butterfly food solution to get the best results.

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Serve liquid food in a small, shallow container for easy access.

Step 8

Serve liquid food in a small, shallow container for easy access.

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Provide skewered fresh fruit when you have several butterfly species.

Step 9

Provide skewered fresh fruit when you have several butterfly species.

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Place fruit in the brightest area of the habitat.

Step 10

Place fruit in the brightest area of the habitat.

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Opt for liquids like warm children's juices, colas, and fruit punches.

Step 11

Opt for liquids like warm children's juices, colas, and fruit punches.

12

Soak a paper towel with the liquid food and place it in a dish.

Step 12

Soak a paper towel with the liquid food and place it in a dish.

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Pick up each butterfly and set it onto the soaked paper towel.

Step 13

Pick up each butterfly and set it onto the soaked paper towel.

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Lower the butterfly's proboscis with a toothpick if it doesn't do so itself.

Step 14

Lower the butterfly's proboscis with a toothpick if it doesn't do so itself.

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Offer the butterflies food at least once each day.

Step 15

Offer the butterflies food at least once each day.

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