butterfly

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Other of Mr Lindon's tiny creations include unique animals crafted within the eye of a needle, from a blue whale to a delicate peacock butterfly.

From BBC

Mine arrived butterflied with the head on — a beautiful fish, and far too big for just the two of us to finish in one go.

From Salon

Decorations featured a giant Lego portrait of her 79-year-old husband, a huge gingerbread White House, thousands of decorative butterflies, and more than 50 Christmas trees in the first holiday season of the president's second term.

From Barron's

The Marsh Fritillary butterfly used to be widespread across the UK and Ireland but plummeted in the last century as farming practices changed.

From BBC

The "first of its kind in the UK" report identified the country's rarest species, including the high brown fritillary butterfly and Snowden leaf beetle, based on how geographically restricted they are, said Natural Resources Wales.

From BBC