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Visitors will encounter pollinator gardens alive with butterflies and hummingbirds, color-themed landscapes, and cascading water features, all designed to reflect the beauty of Southern California’s environment with scents of rosemary, jasmine and chaparral.

Inside, a 2,700-square-foot greenhouse is home to over 1,000 butterflies, perfect for wandering on a rainy afternoon—or really any afternoon.

From Salon

Bonus points: At what age did you begin pulling the wings off of butterflies, and which, if any, of the 10 Commandments have you not broken?

"There's lots of evidence of moths and butterflies moving north and gradually colonising," Prof Wynn said.

From BBC

Jaynes said Gaon is a private man who obtained a biology degree in college and allows the vegetation in his front yard to overgrow so he can observe butterflies and other insects.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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