My mom has been into butterflies for about 20 years now, almost her entire garden is dedicated to the little critters. Β She even has a “hatchery” that my dad built for her to allow her to transplant the chrysalises to it and also the caterpillars and their food source plant.
I began first to just taking photos of the little guys and later along with her learned how to mount and preserve them.
Mounted Butterflies:
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