Butterflies.
I do not have a special feeling or bond with them. I seldom see them and I am not extremely fond of them either. There's a Zoo in the Netherlands with a "Butterfly Garden". I will never go over there. Not only because it's a long drive but also because it a ticket is way too expensive and a Zoo is no fun plus butterflies flying straight into my face is no fun either.
source these butterflies are for sale on the Dutch site "Marktplaats.nl". I believe it is part of eBay now.
Some people collect butterflies.
I don't know what they do to make them still look alive after being dead for years but they manage to do so. After that, the butterflies are pinned with a needle or so to the background of some (homemade?) showcase. It turns out a butterfly is expensive the price you can see on this site named the musea shop.
Aparently, butterflies are attractive enough to decorate items with. This mirror (left) and box belong to my youngest. I asked it to find me some butterflies.
What I do with butterflies?
Nothing. You can not eat them and I do not see the need to kill them and save them in a showcase.
I don't think dead butterflies are something I would like to collect. Stuffing a butterfly is also no hobby of mine.
These and earrings belonged to my eldest. I don't think any of us is a real butterfly, or bug, lover. No one hunts for them or has a hobby photographing or collecting them. We will not kill them either unless they belong to the family of, cloth eating, moths.
I do not care if they eat my plants as a caterpillar and will not spray against it. Nature will take care of it, each plague, and sends the predators who love to eat them if needed. It just takes time. The more we interfere the harder it is to create a healthy environment. History proved most of our "great deeds" if it comes to giving nature a hand turned into disasters never counted with. We should learn that we do not know better and our acts, no matter how small, have a huge impact on life. Not only animal life but ours too.
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