Flying Flower

Dec 30, 2008

Ponce Denis Écouchard Lebrun compared the butterfly to a flying flower:

The butterfly is a flying flower,
The flower a tethered butterfly.

At the recent Entomological Society of America meeting in Reno, a blue butterfly drew the attention of lepidopterists and photographers alike. It was one of dozens showcased in the live butterfly display at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center.

And if you took a few steps inside the nearby exhibit hall, where vendors sold their wares, you saw butterfly-shaped jewelry. Was life imitating art or was art imitating life?

By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Author - Communications specialist
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BLUE BUTTERFLY--This butterfly in the live butterfly display at the Entomological Society of America's recent meeting in Reno prompted photographers to aim, focus and shoot. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Blue Butterfly

BUTTERFLY JEWELRY--Does life imitate art or art imitate life? This butterfly pin at the Entomological Society of America's recent meeting in Reno looked somewhat like the live butterflies inside a nearby display. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Butterfly Pin