Releasing a Butterfly

When we release a #MonarchButterfly, typically a finger is placed into the container in the area between the butterfly's feet in the hopes it will climb on for easy removal from the habitat.

We do not try to pick the butterfly up using the wings as that can potentially mess up their ability to fly.  If we can't get the butterfly to climb on, we might grab their feet.  This usually irritates the butterfly causing them to frantically flap their wings.
Typically just placing the finger in the proximity of the butterfly's feet is enough to get him to climb on and then be able to lift the butterfly out of the habitat.

And for the update, we have released 64 #MonarchButterfly, have 218 chrysalis and still quite a few caterpillars (an updated count has not been do e recently).