still allive what kind and how to help it recover
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Butterfly found in swimming pool
Started by Dan922, Jun 08 2012 03:08 AM
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Posted 08 June 2012 - 03:16 AM
It's a moth, but I don't know what kind. I'd put it somewhere dry and safe where it can dry out on its own. It's beautiful!
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Posted 08 June 2012 - 03:20 AM
As close as I can figure from Audobon's Butterflies would be a Common Ringlet. No idea on how to help it recover, but it does mention that "host plants are various grasses of the family Poaceae."
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Posted 08 June 2012 - 03:30 AM
OK, looks like a polyphemus moth. The feathery antannae tell you it's a moth, not a butterfly.
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Posted 08 June 2012 - 03:42 AM
thank you I was thinking that it was possibly a moth right now it is in a screened porch
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Posted 08 June 2012 - 05:29 AM
Thanks Barn Swallow I checked this site out http://en.wikipedia....raea_polyphemus and found out they only about a week once they become Adult moths
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