Commendable patience and precision! Butterflies and moths and dragonflies and damselflies....so magical!

a dead wing will wilt and will get stiff since the nerve is not connected with its own body, it wont get anything from the butterfly since it's only glued to him. however you give this butterfly the chance to fly and be free.... i like that =)

I don't know why but I found this absolutely fascinating! Wow, I did not know that they had no feeling receptors in their wings. Learn something new every day!

I dearly wish there was a, "one million likes" button!! Such an amazing and beautiful story! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

My wife and I were canoeing on a mountain lake in Pennsylvania and found a Monarch floating in the water unable to fly. We lifted him out with a paddle and let him sit in the sun to dry out. After an hour he was walking around the canoe and on our paddles and us before taking little test flights. When sure he was fine he flew away across the lake. About 30 minutes later we saw two Monarchs flying toward us from that direction. When they got to us they circled around our heads several times before flying back across the lake. It was like he had met his mate and brought her back to see where he had his close escape from drowning or being eaten by a fish. We could imagine him describing these creatures who helped him dry off and regain his flying ability.

The story is nice, but like many articles these days, the headline is misleading. I did not see that anything happened the next day that showed the butterfly thanking the caretaker in the coolest way, did you? I hate it when I am sucked in like that.

That's so wonderful! Who would have thought it was possible!!

Wow that's incredible and then for it to be able to fly after just amazing.

I love this story but I can't resist thinking that it's better to be born beautiful. A cockroach would get no help. If you think of it, it applies to broader contexts. Some species extinct for the reason that they aren't beautiful/useful/charismatic for people. Some people don't get help on the street because they wear poor clothes.

Butterfly Wing Transplanter and other MAJOR surgery... I am deeply impressed (not because for what you did but for yoir will to do so) . Thank YOU

that is surreal almost to me

I know someone who saved a snail by using superglue to stick it's broken shell together again.

Where is the '...coolest way it surprises her' '..the next day'? I love what she did for this beautiful butterfly but I am getting so tired of these 'headlines' that lead us to believe there is more when there isn't...

This woman´s a genius, her surgery for the poor monarch butterfly with the broken wing´s excellent, I´m so glad there´s so often someone who cares, also about the lil ones of God´s creatures, could´ve been me, when I was a child/teenie girl I once rescued a honeybee from drowning in a lake where we always went swimming in summer (Steißlinger See), the poor bee had fallen into the water in the middle of the lake, I took her onto my left hand and swam back to the shore, holding my left hand out of the water, then put the poor unlucky bee on a stone at the shore and kept on sitting next to her until her wings were dry and she finally flew away (into the other direction, off the lake, to the meadow)!!! Because #EveryLifeMatters 😲😲😲💖💖💖

Will it last though or will the glue detach or the wing decay? I wonder if he would've been able to fly with the damaged wing.. Will he be able to mate or will females be put off by the scent or the appearance of his wing? Sorry for being a pessimist lol. I just always think about the bigger picture. Hope he's still out there living his best life!

This is fascinating. 2 different types of wing repair, and one is just like the story. https://youtu.be/ah0SBALIc0o

Great job! What a patience you have and how amazing person you are. Most upvoted story I've seen in Bored panda so far.

Blew my mind!!! What an amazing thing to do, especially fixing up the wings of such delicate beings

Plot twist: The effect of releasing this butterfly loose caused a Tsunami on the other side of the planet.

This reminded me of How To Train Your Dragon, when Hiccup fixed Toothless' tail fin :D

I had a similar experience a couple of years ago, when I came across a Monarch with a busted up wing in front of my home. I repaired his wing w/ that very light weight pink paper tape girls use to tape a curl into place. It worked pretty well & was light enough that it didn't throw it's balance off. I do wildlife rehab & have rescued plenty of insects from a variety of certain deaths, but this was my first insect "surgery"!

Fabulous! You rock!

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She should not have released him. He was born with a defect that may or may not be genetic. If it is and he breeds he could pass o. This defict to his offsping. Monarchs are already stuggling to survive as a species to allow a male with amounts to a fatal defect to breed. She should have kept him as a pet. Made a little outdoor enclosure for him or something but definitely not released him

Beautiful rescue story... the new wing looked awesome..So worth the outcome... Blessings to you for a tedious, precious job well done !!

Most times people use the internet to b***h and moan. Not here. More of this!

Wow, so amazing it brought a tear to my eye. Lovely story.

Wow . Just wow

I love her for what she did.

Truly amazing

Romy you are a beautiful human being x x

there are still people with a lot of love for nature like Romy McCloskey

Wow.

Where is the rest of the story. How did the butterfly surprise her the next day.

#INCREDIBLE and #AMAZING 👍👌😱😱😱😱😱

Now I'm out looking for wildlife to help. I want to be an incredible world citizen like you.

Very nice story! Thank you.

You are going to butterfly heaven.

I want to know how/where was the extra wing magically found.

plot twist the butterfly went on to murder 5 people with its new wing (butterfly effect)

where did you get the extra butterfly wing? is it possible it could reject the transplant?

awww i love this!