How long does a butterfly live?
A full grown average adult butterfly lives for about 30 days. Some small butterflies may only live 1 week. Certain types of butterflies like the monarch do live much longer, as long as 9 months.
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It is so sad that such natural beauty lives for such a short time. I had no idea. For some reason, I thought butterflies would return to a caccon state, at some time in their life cycle, and would become those nice green or white and brown fuzzy worms that we use to decern an early or late winter. I really thought that then these wroms would retunr to a cacoon state, and in the spring, would emerge as a butterfly and that this cycle of life continues for them. I am saddened to learn the truth.
Vickie, yes it is sad. We must enjoy the beauty while we can.