– You’re going to need a base for the florist wire to be stuck in. – Glue for paper if you’re going to paste the butterflies back to back.

I got mine from my local florist, and it cost me a couple of eurocents. I have a very good printer that has archival inks to last 100 years for my fine art prints. In bright sunlight some printer-inks might fade. And my printer prints nicely on two sides. I figured they are delicate little things.

Now you can buy them basically everywhere you can get anything for your interior. I made this display with less than 20 euros worth of materials. I don’t know the details of this trade in dead butterflies so I opted for the 100% animal friendly option: fake! I drew a Blue Morpho butterfly and now you can download it for freeįirst download my drawing of the butterflies here to make your own display at home. I also love the display domes you see right now and I really wanted one.

Especially the Blue Morpho! Back in 2011 I pasted printed versions of this butterfly to my wall after seeing the famous photo of these butterflies on a tree in the Amazon.

Download butterfly drawing