Monarch Walkalong Glider: Mounting the Wings

Second in a series on how to prepare a butterfly which has died for flight as a walkalong glider. The butterfly's wings are spread and mounted on a flat piece of 3/4" polystyrene insulation. A wire is fixed under the midsection of the wings to shape the trailing edge as an up elevator surface. The wings are held on the flat surface by strips of paper and pins or thumb tacks.

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• monarch
• walkalong
• butterfly
• glider
• flight
• soaring
• mounting
• preparing

[provinceofcyrodiil]

Its dead he's not torturing it.....and it was for an experiment :P....guess its still not nice though

[walkalongbird]

You are right, the butterfly died of natural causes. There are many ways to mount dead butterflies. This technique allows the butterflies to fly as gliders.

[ibrahimomerdurmus]

No matter if its died of natural causes. This is not good. You must respect all living things, even if it is died.

[slipknot09atforum]

this is sick dude What The FaxMachine

[fasterharderstronger]

ur evil killing a butterfly

[lilsly2fly]

you are the only person i've seen touch the wings

[clubpenguinguy1000]

that is so jacked up!

[xmod85]

why would you do that to it poor butterfly

[godzy85]

Are you dumb?!