butterfly

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Nearly 50 butterflies are cataloged in these pages through rinpun, a technique that uses adhesive to transfer the scales from butterfly wings onto paper.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

By 2019, the company unveiled a new16in MacBook Pro - without the butterfly keyboard.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Conner Peters, from Groundwork Yorkshire, which is restoring the mere, said any attempt to reintroduce the butterfly would take time.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

The Natural History Museum’s Butterfly Pavilion is back, with up to 30 butterfly and moth species, as well as an assortment of California plants.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026

She enlarged all the dots from the butterfly wings one by one, until each dot joined with the one above, below, or beside it.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix