What happens if I kill a butterfly?

I was trying to capture a butterfly in Skyward Sword, when I accidentally hit B and put the bug net away. Unknowingly, I continued to swing. This armed my sword, and before I realized it, I had killed the poor butterfly I was trying to capture.

I had a similar incident early in the game, before I bought the bug net: I tried using the beetle to capture a grasshopper. To my horror (and probably the grasshoppers), the beetle killed it.

Does killing an insect effect the game at all? Or are there enough bugs to go around?

1 Answer

Bugs respawn like grass and monsters. There's no harm in killing them other than needing to leave the area and come back to capture them.

_{(Plus the long-lasting and appropriate stain on your conscience. You murdered a butterfly.)}