Delicate Delights
![A Monarch butterfly sits on a flower at the Butterfly Show in Cincinnati, Ohio. The show features over 10,000 butterflies with over 1,000 released into the Krohn Conservatory each week.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/7b5b8af/2147483647/strip/true/crop/408x425+0+0/resize/408x425!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F19%2F26%2F7e2933f988a0e50cae7fbbc5b4f3%2Fla-flies1-ih0hkrkf.jpg)
A Monarch butterfly sits on a flower at the Butterfly Show in Cincinnati, Ohio. The show features over 10,000 butterflies with over 1,000 released into the Krohn Conservatory each week. ((Mike Simons/Getty Images))
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Elizabeth Gee, 6, gets a very close look at a butterfly that landed on her nose at the Butterfly Show in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Mike Simons/Getty Images)
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A Morpho butterfly is one of more than 1,000 released into the Krohn Conservatory during the Butterfly Show. (Mike Simons/Getty Images)
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Rohan D’Souza holds a Julia butterfly, one of over 10,000 featured at the Cincinnatie Butterfly Show. (Mike Simons/Getty Images)
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Elizabeth Gee with a new friend at the Butterfly Show in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Mike Simons/Getty Images)