Flutter Byes

I don't know if it's true that some monk way back when, while writing in some tome that was setting out definitions or words to describe things -- and who must have been dyslexic -- codified the word "butterfly" instead of the up-until-that-time-commonly-used "flutter by" as the word to describe the oft-times indescribable beautiful insect. Even if it's not true, it makes a good story and explanation for how such a non-relevant word like "butterfly" would apply to that insect. I mean..."butter" & "fly". "Butter" has nothing to do with it and "fly" doesn't really conjure up the image of this gorgeous, and sometimes elusive, set of wings.

The Florida Museum of Natural History has a nice website dedicated to their exhibits having to do with butterflies and I encourage you to visit Butterfly Rainforest.