一位妇女帮助蝴蝶做了移植手术

动物园请求一位妇女帮助修复蝴蝶的翅膀，她给它做了移植手术

Some people volunteer at animal shelters, others save kittens who accidentally gambol onto the road, while the founder of Insect Art repairs the wings of butterflies!

一些人在动物收容所做志愿者，另一些人救助不小心在路上蹦蹦跳跳的小猫，而昆虫艺术的创始人正在修理蝴蝶的翅膀!

The woman, who makes jewelry from real insects, is an expert at repairing butterfly wings, doing wing transplants, and making sure that these beautiful insects are restored to glory. This is a meticulous process that requires patience, dexterity, and a real passion for butterflies. Scroll down for Bored Panda’s exclusive in-depth interview with Katie VanBlaricum, the woman who was responsible for the butterfly’s successful wing transplant.

这位女士用真正的昆虫制作珠宝，她是修复蝴蝶翅膀、进行翅膀移植以及确保这些美丽的昆虫恢复光彩的专家。这是一个细致的过程，需要耐心、敏捷和对蝴蝶的真正热情。往下滚动鼠标，看看Bored Panda网站对凯蒂·凡布拉瑞库姆(Katie VanBlaricum)的独家深度采访。凡布拉瑞库姆是促成这只蝴蝶成功移植翅膀的人。

As unbelievably cool as it sounds, Insect Art’s founder isn’t the only person doing surgery on butterflies: be sure to read Bored Panda’s post about Romy McCloskey and how she repairs butterflies’ broken wings as well.

昆虫艺术的创始人并不是唯一一个为蝴蝶做手术的人，这听起来很酷，令人难以置信。

The founder of Insect Art helped a Monarch butterfly fly again by repairing its wings

昆虫艺术的创始人通过修复帝王蝶的翅膀帮助它再次飞翔

Katie VanBlaricum, the founder of Insect Art from Topeka in Kansas, elaborated about the butterfly surgery in an interview with Bored Panda.

来自堪萨斯州托皮卡的昆虫艺术创始人凯蒂·凡布拉利库姆(Katie VanBlaricum)在接受Bored Panda采访时详细介绍了蝴蝶手术。

“It is not difficult for me to repair the wings since I work with dead insects for a living. It takes me less than 5 minutes to do the repair. You have to work fast, to avoid stressing the butterfly out any more than necessary.”

“修理翅膀对我来说并不难，因为我以处理死昆虫为生。我用不到5分钟就把它修好了。你必须动作迅速，以避免给蝴蝶造成不必要的压力。”

“I have a friend who works at a butterfly conservatory, and I have seen his “Frankenstein” butterflies flying around there, so I knew it was possible. I asked him for advice, as well as consulting the internet,” Katie explained.

我有一个朋友在蝴蝶温室工作，我看到他的“科学怪人”蝴蝶在那里飞舞，所以我知道这是可能的。我向他寻求建议，同时也上网咨询，”凯蒂解释道。

The transplant was a success!

移植手术成功了!

The butterfly was regaining its strength after the transplant…

移植后的蝴蝶恢复了体力

…and later flew off into the sky!

然后飞向天空!

Katie also confirmed that she has, in fact, volunteered at animal shelters, as well as saved kittens who had wandered onto the road.

凯蒂还证实，事实上，她曾在动物收容所做过志愿者，还救过在路上流浪的小猫。

The founder of Insect Art has been helping butterflies for several years

昆虫艺术的创始人几年来一直在帮助蝴蝶

During the autumn migration, Monarch butterflies fly thousands of miles southward. What’s also notable about these butterflies is that Monarchs have been bred on the International Space Station. You could even say that they’re out of this world.

在秋季迁徙期间，黑脉金斑蝶向南飞行数千英里。这些蝴蝶同样值得注意的是，帝王蝶是在国际空间站培育的。你甚至可以说他们是世界之外的。

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