Does a butterfly feel pain when you stick a pin in it for mounting?

Subject: Does a butterfly feel pain when you stick a pin in it for mounting?

Date: Fri Sep 19 16:10:56 1997
Posted by Julie Young
Grade level: K-3
School: No school entered.
City: Saine State/Province: Michigan
Country: USA
Area of science: Zoology
ID: 874703456.Zo

Message:

We are making a butterfly collection. To mount a butterfly on a display board you stick a pin through the body of the butterfly. Is there any scientific theory or indication that butterflies and/or moths feel pain. Is this proceedure of sticking a pin in the body considered painful or creul to the butterfly?

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