Butterflies also use their wings to make an erratic fluttering pattern -- which is unique to butterflies -- and very hard for predators to predict. Rather than flapping their wings up and down like birds (who fall victim to hungry predators all the time!), butterflies contract their bodies making a figure-8 pattern with their wings. As the butterfly's body contracts, the motion pushes air under their wings, effectively helping it "swim" through the air.

Awaken to the universes simple gift of the butterfly. Watch with fascination and joy as a jeweled treasure glides by and gently touches your soul. K. D’ANGELOButterflies are the most beautiful creatures ever. They should call them beautiflies, don’t you think? RICHELLE E. GOODRICH Cut a chrysalis open, and you will find a rotting caterpillar. What you will never find is that mythical creature, half caterpillar, half butterfly, a fit emblem for the human soul, for those whose cast of mind leads them to seek such emblems. No, the process of transformation consists almost entirely of decay. PAT BARKER How does one become a butterfly? You have to want to learn to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar. UNKNOWN

Just living is not enough’, said the butterfly, ‘one must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower.’ HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN The butterflies… What an educated sense of beauty they have. They seem only an ornament to society, and yet, if they were gone, how substantial would be their loss. PHIL ROBINSON A caterpillar, after its deep slumber, ‘wakes up to reality’ to realize, that truth is not always bitter after all! MANALI OAK I embrace emerging experience. I participate in discovery. I am a butterfly. I am not a butterfly collector. I want the experience of the butterfly. WILLIAM STAFFORDBe like a butterfly and a flower—beautiful and sought after, yet unassuming and gentle. JAROD KINTZ When you find yourself cocooned in isolation and you cannot find your way out of darkness… Remember, this is similar to the place where caterpillars go to grow their wings. NECOLE STEPHENS

The Magic Flyer flying butterfly can fly out of napkins as they are being unfolded for an amazing surprise for guests on the day or as a butterfly confetti shower, making your wedding even more magical! Our collection of Magic Flyer Butterflies is ideal for weddings of all colour schemes. The fluttering of a butterfly’s wings can effect climate changes on the other side of the planet. PAUL ERLICH Life is short. If you doubt me, ask a butterfly. Their average life span is a mere five to fourteen days. ELLEN DEGENERES

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The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the Master calls the butterfly. RICHARD BACH