What do I do with a dead butterfly?

If your butterfly is freshly dead, but you can't get to it right away, put it in a glassine envelope and pop it in the freezer for a few days until you can get to it. The freezer will keep it fresh.

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Keeping this in consideration, how do you revive a dying butterfly?

Cold. Like lack of food, cold is fairly easy to solve. A little warmth will allow the butterfly to revive. Ideally, move the butterfly to a more sheltered place. How do you relax dead insects? If specimens are allowed to dry out or become brittle, they may shatter when being pinned. Dry specimens can be made soft and pliable again by placing them in a relaxing chamber for 1 or 2 days. To make a relaxing chamber, place 1 to 2 inches of clean sand or sawdust in the bottom of a large, airtight jar.

Do butterflies feel love?

These swoony sensations we recognize as signs of true love are really more about lust. How many hearts does a butterfly have? Yes, butterflies and all other insects have both a brain and a heart. The center of a butterfly's nervous system is the subesophageal ganglion and is located in the insect's thorax, not its head. The butterfly has a long chambered heart that runs the length of its body on the upper side.

Can you save a butterfly with a broken wing?

The wing will never "heal", unlike when you set a broken bone. If you find a butterfly with a piece of wing hanging loose, you can pull off that piece of wing and let the butterfly go. Otherwise, it's best to leave it be and let nature take its course.