Hello! I'm Ben and these are my real framed and mounted butterflies. Butterfly gifts are great for someone special in your life, or to decorate a room in your home or office with real butterflies from the Amazon rainforest of Peru. They are entomologically spread, dried and preserved to last a lifetime.
~~~¿HOW ARE WE DIFFERENT THAN THE REST?~~~
~The verso (back sides) of most butterflies wings is just as mystifying if not more so than the front. Don't believe me, then look at the backsides of the Morpho butterflies, or the Agrias Claudina. With shadowbox frames, you're only getting half of the whole butterfly to enjoy. That is why all of our butterflies come in double pane glass wood framing so you can show off the beauty of the front and the back. Also when mounted, the double pane glass allows the color of the wall behind it to create the perfect backdrop.
~Each frame has the glass sealed along the wood frames inner grooves with liquid silicone done right so there is no hint or interruption of smudges and overflows of silicone sealant when looking at the frame.
~My butterflies are not just bugs in glass, they are the product of an effort to maintain a natural ecological cycle intact. Through study, investigation and cooperation with local economies in the Amazon Rainforest I am one of the very few people that knows exactly where my butterflies come from.
EVERY BUTTERFLY FROM BEN THE BUTTERFLY GUY IS obtained from the Eastern provinces of Peru, the country with the most species of butterflies in the world. Peru is a mega-diverse country with 86 of the 118 eco-systems that exist on the planet containing an estimated 3800 - 4400 butterfly species out of the roughly 20,000 species world wide. I have built strong friendships and work firsthand with a network of families in the provinces of Satipo, Tingo Maria, Atalaya and Iquitos. This provides a reliable, safe and legal source of income for these families.
I also engage in educating sustainable environmental management as my assistance in conclusive studies in the field of Lepidoptera shows that the health of an eco-system can be determined by the diversity of butterflies found in that given area. In other words, damaged eco-systems harbor few if any butterflies. This message, when expressed with an economic resource, is the best way to spread awareness and more importantly education that will protect our beautiful rainforest.
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