Butterfly Farms Help Save The World's Rainforests

 All of our framed butterfly art is made in the USA with real butterflies that are raised on butterfly farms throughout the world.

 These butterfly farms help to preserve valuable rainforest habitat.  They provide local people an alternative to logging virgin tropical rainforest for income. Raising insects to sell is the only way some indigenous peoples have to save their tropical forests while providing income for their families. Butterflies are raised on butterfly farms expressly for lifetime preservation.  The butterflies live their entire lifespan of about 30 days. Our butterflies are from butterfly farms in Australia, Asia, North, Central and Southern America rainforest areas. 

Catching and using butterflies from the wild is not only uneconomical, but the specimens are invariably damaged and of no use for this type of art. Butterflies live their entire life span on these rainforest farms, and produce eggs for the next generation. No butterflies or insects used in our displays are endangered species. All are legally imported into the US as regulated by the US Fish and Wildlife Department.

In the wild, less than 7% of butterfly eggs will survive to adulthood. In contrast, captive breeding programs on butterfly farms achieve 70%-90% survival rates.