butterfly

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This year also featured some of the most memorable art in the festival’s history, with the hippos running “Corporate Headquarters” and the transformation of Poetic Kinetics’ Coachella caterpillar into a butterfly.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

The design for devices such as the MacBook Air saw keyboards fitted with a two-sided hinged keyboard switch, which somewhat resembled butterfly wings.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

A rare wetland plant is making a return to East Yorkshire to support the nationally scarce swallowtail butterfly.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

Visitors view other butterflies behind an owl butterfly, foreground.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026

It had certainly been that way with Cecilia, the beautiful butterfly who had turned out to be a poisonous wasp.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall