Butterfly Release

sept09bride Posted: Apr 07, 2009 10:28 AM

Butterfly Release

I'm thinking of doing a butterfly release, but I have heard mixed reviews. Does any have good or bad experience with doing a butterfly release???

beebs341 Posted: Apr 07, 2009 10:33 AM

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My cousin did this for his wedding, and it looked beautiful!

sept09bride Posted: Apr 07, 2009 10:43 AM

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thanks! did they do an individual or mass release?

JamDancer Posted: Apr 07, 2009 10:50 AM

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I worked a wedding where they did this..... most of them were still drugged up and it wasn't really a 'release'. Most just landed on a nearby chair or the ground and laid there.

beebs341 Posted: Apr 07, 2009 10:57 AM

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Posted by sept09bride

thanks! did they do an individual or mass release?

It was a mass release.

alli3131 Posted: Apr 07, 2009 11:22 AM

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I saw it done and it was not good. It was a mass release and some where dead and the others didnt really flutter like they should

MikesBride2B Posted: Apr 07, 2009 11:39 AM

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I've heard of people doing this and having a lot of the butterflies be dead...what a bummer way to start out your life together lol

TheLadyJ Posted: Apr 07, 2009 11:50 AM

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mass release is definitely better. But you need a basket for them with netting.

As much as I love butterflies, I don't think I will be doing a release. Most of the breeds released are not indigenous to this region and they can really screw up a local ecosystem. And if you don't do it at the right time of day they may not be able to find food and shelter for the night and die several hours after the release.

If you insist on doing it, please consider getting the caterpillars and growing the butterflies yourself.

The whole being shipped in an envelope individually inside a cooler thing just seems so very cruel.

sept09bride Posted: Apr 07, 2009 12:00 PM

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Thanks....i found one website which seemed reputable, swallowtailfarm.com. I am worried about the butterflies dying - I wouldnt be doing the individual release though, most likely the mass release. I thought about a dove release, but i dont think my ceremony time is early enough for the doves to get home.

geegee827 Posted: Apr 07, 2009 12:21 PM

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I was a BM in a wedding with a mass release. A lot of the butterflies weren't alive. It looked really pretty in person, but in the photos the butterflies that did survive just look like white 'blobs' floating in front of the camera.

JAAMS Posted: Apr 07, 2009 12:30 PM

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I think this is a beautiful idea in practice, but the thought that at least a couple of them are going to be dead upon release or will die soon after is enough to skeeve me out.

sept09bride Posted: Apr 07, 2009 12:38 PM

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Posted by geegee827

I was a BM in a wedding with a mass release. A lot of the butterflies weren't alive. It looked really pretty in person, but in the photos the butterflies that did survive just look like white 'blobs' floating in front of the camera.

did the dead ones fall out of the box, were they noticeable?