FINDING MY WAY OUT
While I was watering the houseplants today, I found another butterfly sitting in a window. There’s no telling how long he’d been inside…we haven’t had doors or windows open in weeks, but he was sitting very still, hidden behind a succulent in the living room window. All summer long I’ve been catching and releasing butterflies who have flown inside and then batter themselves around the windows unable to figure out why they can’t get back outside. After Googling, it turns out some species of butterflies live, on average, up to a month, though there are a few who have an...