A Woman Assists A Butterfly With A Broken Wing On Its First Flight

Butterflies are among the most appealing of nature’s beautiful creations. Romy McCloskey, on the other hand, has a strong reason to treasure them more than others.

Romy’s mother passed away from cancer some years ago. Her mother, on the other hand, comforted her before she died that her spirit would live on.

“‘Romy, don’t worry,’ she said. “Just know that whenever you see butterflies, it’s me checking in on you to let you know I’m well and that I love you,” Romy told The Dodo.

Rather than relying only on butterfly encounters, Romy has taken it upon herself to ensure that the world has more of them. Romy brings caterpillars inside whenever she sees them in her garden so they may develop and metamorphose safely away from predators and other dangers.

Then she lets them go.

Romy has reared and released dozens of butterflies with great success. However, one just emerged from his cocoon in need of assistance.

On one side, the top and lower wings of this butterfly were torn. Even though he was generally healthy, his illness prevented him from flying or surviving on his own.

“I couldn’t bear putting him down,” Romy explained. “I decided I’d confine him to the house and feed him until he died.”

But then she had another thought.

Romy’s buddy learnt about the problem and provided her a tutorial on how to restore butterfly wings. She grabbed the necessary items: a towel, wire hanger, contact cement, toothpick, cotton swabs, scissors, tweezers, and talcum powder.

Romy had saved the corpse of another butterfly that had died. She’d make a transplant wing out of this.