For all the enchantment of watching soft green butterflies fluttering at the river bank, the human, animal and plant drama here is as much about raw survival.

Children from the nearby Montessori school watched butterflies flitting above the flat-topped yellow flowers of rudbeckias and the spiky purple blooms of butterfly shrubs.

In 2008, Laura's Butterfly Pavilion got a permanent space of its own where visitors can watch butterflies.

"The option of just watching butterflies and understanding what you're seeing just wasn't there before," Dr. Robbins said.

Parking the bike in the shadows, we sat on the bridge and ate, watching butterflies capering above the busy current.

It was indeed a sight to see him watching the obnoxious moths and butterflies, killing slugs, and driving away the hungry bees.

In kampung workshops you can watch fantastic birds and butterflies being made of paper (and increasingly, nowadays, of plastic, too) drawn over strong, flexible bamboo frames.

As a pastime, watching butterflies and moths is known as butterflying and mothing.

Sit back and indulge in the tranquility of the environment and watch the birds, squirrels and butterflies in the surroundings.

It's dangerous to watch staggering butterflies.