# Where Do Butterflies Go at Night?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 3, 2011, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-butterflies-go-at-night/587708 "2011-07-03T12:28:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2011, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-butterflies-go-at-night/587708/1 "2011-07-03T12:28:21Z")

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Just wondering where butterflies bed r the night? I’ve found larger moths resting on the side of a building, under bushes, and even one resting on the vertical part of a curb! But, butterflies are more elusive. So, where do they go at night?

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**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2011, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-butterflies-go-at-night/587708/2 "2011-07-03T13:16:31Z")

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I’ve seen them clinging to flowers waiting for the sun to shine on their wings. Sometimes there is dew on them that needs to dry off.

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**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2011, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-butterflies-go-at-night/587708/3 "2011-07-03T14:38:45Z")

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If you’re a Monarch Butterfly, you hang out in trees in [huge clumps](http://www.ventanaws.org/images/monarchs/MOBU-on-Pine.jpg). (This photo only shows a small clump–larger groups will cover the branches of dozens of trees, it’s an amazing sight.)