I killed my pet butterflies..................

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I am so sad. I had 2 butterflies that were in my yard every time I went out. They were so pretty. To keep them in the yard I bought them flowers. Yes, you heard me right. I wanted to keep my new little friends happy. About a month or so ago, my cats got fleas. I have been spraying the house, and finally remembered to buy some stuff for the outside yards where they got them in the first place. I sprayed the front yard and around the front and sides of the house. Then I went to the back and began to spray just the house, because I didn't want to harm any good bugs in the backyard. My butterflies were there, fluttering about and I was careful not to spray them. Then I noticed a WASP nest! It was the longest nest I had ever seen. I sprayed it, half expecting to get stung. A few minutes went by and I noticed my butterflies were no longer around. That nest though, it looked very odd for a wasp. I carefully walked up to it, and upon inspection realized it was not a wasp nest, nor any stingy bug nest at all. I concluded it was a butterfly nest, and that I had exterminated my little friends. I never saw a butterfly nest like that before. I had only seen a Monarch butterfly caccoon, and they look very different from these. I am leaving the butterfly nest up, in the hopes that another butterfly will take up residence in it. I do not know if another one will come back, but here's hoping.