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Where did my butterflies go?

I had two butterflies in my backyard. Noticed one was missing earlier today and now that I've logged back on, the other one is missing as well. What did I do to make them fly away?

Posted 14 months ago by Hera Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • I don't think they ran away. It's my understanding that butterflies die of old age eventually. After a certain number of milkings. Anybody, please correct me if I can learn more.
    Posted 14 months ago by Parrow Gnolle Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oh. Thanks. Guess I'll have to season up some butterfly eggs then. 
    Posted 14 months ago by Hera Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yes, sadly butterflies have a short lifespan. Even shorter if you use a milker.
    Posted 14 months ago by Kookaburra Subscriber! | Permalink
  • It'd be nice if there was a way, within the game, to know that your butterflies had died and not just absconded. Maybe a little butterfly corpse, or a tiny wee cross. Because it is confusing when they disappear, and I can see 'Where did my butterflies go?' becoming the new 'Where can I get salt?'
    Posted 14 months ago by Bobby Chuckles Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Maybe they didn't die.  Maybe they went to the land of the bumble bees.  Strange phenomena indeed.
    Posted 14 months ago by Joojoo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Strange as it may seem, I have my 12 butterflies a long time now and they haven't gone away. And they get auto-milked quite regularly by the milk collector. That said, now that I've posted this they will probably all be gone next time I look.

    But making caterpillars is fun.
    Posted 14 months ago by Parrow Gnolle Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Ya, thanks. This is exactly what I was looking to find out. Guess I have some caterpillar making to do.
    While we're on the subject, do piggies have a lifespan; or chickens?
    Posted 14 months ago by Grem Su Subscriber! | Permalink
  • All animals have a life span. :)

    Butterflies just have the shortest one.
    Posted 14 months ago by Little Miss Giggles Subscriber! | Permalink
  • how do I make caterpillars
    Posted 13 months ago by Mystica Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Mystica you have to have the right level animal skills and a egg seasoner.
    Posted 13 months ago by snarkle Subscriber! | Permalink
  • ty snarkle i will go check if i got the level.. i do have the seasoner.. :)
    Posted 13 months ago by Mystica Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I fed a caterpillar  on the second floor of my bog home (above the firefly swarm in the barsement) and it disappeared into thin air.  Never got it back.  I went down to the basement to incubate, hatch and feed the other two eggs and there was no problem.   I already had a butterfly in the basement so now there is three.   Don't know what happened to the mystery caterpillar but it was included in the badge calcuation for three butterflies.
    Posted 13 months ago by Treesa Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I had two, and came back from a holiday trip to find 10 butterfly eggs. I gathered from the above posts that b/c I have been using a butterfly milker, they had a short life span but left me the resources to hatch plenty more. I wish Glitch animals wouldn't die, it's kinda sad!
    Posted 13 months ago by Wilhelmina Pickles Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I've been tending my friends garden & animals while she's away & went there today to find piles of 2 or 3 milks in the garden + a pile of 10 butterfly eggs, so I assumed they'd died & that was what was left.  There was only 1 left, but the next time I popped in, there was none but another pile of milk.

    I've been tending another garden too, & the butterflies there are fine, but they don't have milkers (the other friend does) so I wonder if (like pigs) butterflies die off quicker if they're not hand milked, or if it's just that their life span is hastened by milkers.  It'd be interesting to know if hand milking them as well as having a feeder helps, or if it makes no difference.  Does singing to them make a big difference to their life span?
    Posted 13 months ago by Errata Stigmata Subscriber! | Permalink
  • My butterflies have a life span of about 8 days.  Every day I make and incubate one butterfly egg (actually a chicken incubates it :D ), and I usually have 8 butterflies.  I have 3 milkers and seldom hand milk.  According to TS butterflies don't die; they "go to a better place."  In my experience they always leave something behind when they go.  Usually 2 or 3 bottles of milk and very occasionally that clutch of 10 butterfly eggs.   I haven't gotten the eggs for a long time - not sure if it's just random or some particular combination of factors stimulates the eggs rather than the milk.
    Posted 13 months ago by Hawkwell Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Everything you do to a butterfly decreases their lifespan. If you don't hand-milk, then they'll live longer.

    I had 14 in my backyard for like a month and they finally died because I've been massaging them for an achievement.
    Posted 13 months ago by Coi Koy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • There's also some good answers to the same question in this thread. I experienced the same problem, and was going "WTF?", came here looking for answers!
    Posted 13 months ago by Dahlia DreadNaught Subscriber! | Permalink
  • All good things must come to an end, sooner or later. Sometimes you get more good things (eggs), sometimes you just get a few bottles of milk. :)
    Posted 13 months ago by ✰ Lorelei ✰ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • One of the TS staff posted that singing to butterflies slightly prolongs their lifespan.
    Posted 13 months ago by Leites Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I am pretty sure that butterfly lifespan has recently decreased. I had five that lasted for a very long time. Then, recently, new ones have "gone on" much more quickly.
    Posted 13 months ago by Pascale Subscriber! | Permalink
  • My butterflies go to the land of the wasps. Then they... well...

    This morning one of them left behind a little cache of eggs when it left. Its convenient when they do that.
    Posted 13 months ago by Parrow Gnolle Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Mine just left little piles of milk. Did my piggies eat the eggs or something or is that not a regular effect?

    @Parrow Gnolle Wasps...ow.
    Posted 12 months ago by Doctor What Subscriber! | Permalink