Pollinator protection, one butterfly at a time

The butterfly trapped inside a window of a shed. (Dinah Robinson/The BUZZ)

Dinah Robinson

I found a little butterfly trapped inside the window of the shed at my cottage-farm on a warm day in early April.

She found her way into the shed after waking up from hibernation but couldn’t find her way back out. The sunny south-facing window was so warm and tempting and the crack under the door was in the dark.

I managed to pick her up with a piece of paper and walked her to the open door. She flew right to the last of the snow for a drink.

The rescued butterfly drinking from snow earlier this month. (Dinah Robinson/The BUZZ)
The rescued butterfly drinking from snow earlier this month. (Dinah Robinson/The BUZZ)

She stayed for a while and I was able to take a few shots of her straw-like proboscis sticking into the melting snow.

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