I've been completely flabbergasted recently. I used to be able to catch butterflies and they would be placed into a jar for me to put on display in my house. Now when i catch them, i only get two wings for alchemical ingredients. What stupid thing am i doing wrong/forgetting?

I a jar?!? never happened to me

A net?

I just find butterflies/bees in jars around the place and steal them. Mind you, I got rid of the bee quick smart. Just buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz all the time. Enough to make a person kill Lydia, which coincidentally happened.

i thought the ones in jars were already there, when you catch them you only get the wings. at least that's been my experience

We are all just little baby serial killers plucking the wings off the butterflies.

The ones in jars were only in older games... Doesn't happen in Skyrim that I've ever seen...

there are indeed butterflies in jars in skyrim. i have no idea where i found them though. catching butterflies in the wild will give you two wings (alchemical ingredients). the butterflies in jars are looted out of containers (at least that's where i found mine). check the uesp for locations maybe?

There is a jar with a live butterfly in it at the alchemist shack. Google it for location if you don't know where it is. It even respawns so you could in theory have a whole shelf of butterflies going on.... if Skyrim's houses weren't possessed by exorcist ghosts that toss all your stuff all over the place.

The only thing I've ever gotten when I clicked on a butterfly was wings. The jars can be found scattered all over the game, though.

Maybe i'm crazy then, but i could have sworn i used to be able to capture butterflies and put them into jars with my first character. There are plenty of them laying around though.

Unless you mistook the butterfly for a butterfly in a jar..

There are Butterflies , Bees , Dragon flys and and such stuff in jars. But you can't catch them and put them into a jar I think they are some fun stuff like the snow globes in New Vegas.

I only found the http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/Desert-Rat/Skyrim/MeowSkyrim55.jpg so far

I wish I could put some of those small fish in a small fishtank also. Some of them are pretty colorful.

That's a mod in Minecraft You're confused !

Catching them for ingrediants is an awsome aspect of the game, one that doesnt get much mention.

I have only seen a couple of them in Jars, one was on a Thieves Guild mission & the other was a random chance upon an old shack.

Some ones tripping.

It's funny. I did not know that I could catch a butterfly in this game. Then, one time I am picking a flower and I get some wings. That made me curious. Now, I have to use the Slow Time spell to catch the darn things.

There was a YouTube hoax (?) involving some ritual that you needed each type of bug/jar to pull off. Didn't see if it was verified or not.

I just wait for them to land.They don't fly around for long.

Hehe, at first they are hard to catch, becasue i thought they were reacting to my presence. In a way i guess they are, but i find that they quickly nestle on a nearby plant or object. Similar with Hawks, they can nestle up on high tree branches.

Trying to catch them in 1st person can make me dizzy I have tried 3rd person & seems to help.

Definitely wait for them to land. Do not try to jump up and catch them in the air, flinging yourself off the edge of a bridge in the process. In front of a bunch of guards.

I do what I did in Oblivion. I run while spamming the "use" key and moving my mouse frantically in all directions. I love the sound it makes when you successfully "pick" stuff. "CLICK, CLICK, CLICK" Its so much fun.

There are a number of theories regarding the bugs in jars. Have a look in the cheats etc section - there's an interesting thread on it.

There are 5 different insects to be found in Skyrim (in jars), all in different locations in the world

Really? That;s awesome! I thought there were only butterflies in jars. Time to go out butterfly catching on my grizzled Imperial!