butterflies

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That’s especially true of romance readers, who are generally regarded as the social butterflies of the book community.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

Rare butterflies have been spotted after a group of volunteers planted hundreds of elm trees.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

The monitoring programme, the largest of its kind in the world, has tracked butterflies across more than 7,600 sites, with volunteers walking the equivalent of 40 times around the globe.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

She explains that because butterflies are cold-blooded insects, they generally thrive in warmer conditions.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

My butterflies, their wings sodden, flap clumsily about.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam