Miami Blue Butterfly

Miami Blue Butterfly

Population in 2012: 34

Handmade with tempered glass

Your Miami Blue Butterfly glass beaded bracelet is handmade by artisans using tempered glass beads with a multiply stretchable cord to give it elasticity, allowing you to slip it on and off easily.

The bracelet measures 17cm / 6.5 inches in length. 

1 band plants 10 Mangrove Trees to give marine and land animals a home and recycle 3.08 tonnes of CO2.

Your bracelet & care

The tempered glass beads will hold their colours in freshwater although they should not be exposed to perfumes, chemicals, cosmetics and the like. 

Shipping

Your order will be processed within 2 business days of receipt. Shipments are tracked and details for the delivery service you choose are shown on checkout. 

Population

The Miami Blue Butterfly is the size of a thumb nail and, being so small makes it especially vulnerable to everything, the weather, hurricanes are a real problem, people and predators. Their wings are a metallic blue color and females are bigger than the males. There are reportedly less than 100 Miami Blues left, thanks in great part to the loss of their habitat and the plants on which their survival depends. We are destroying their home. Miami Blues were thought to be extinct at the end of the 20th century but further populations popped up. Sadly by 2012, just one population remained with 34 butterflies counted as left. The University of Florida is now working to recover this last small group of individuals and lay plans hopefully for a recovery of the species itself.