20150730 - Butterfly (SN)

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Sarah Nader- snader@shawmedia.com Mila Santiago, 10, of Crystal Lake look for butterflies while hunting for wild flowers at Veterans Acres Park in Crystal Lake. Children ages 7-11 attended the Beautiful Butterflies program at the Nature Center Thursday, July 30, 2015. Participants toured the butterfly house after learning about moths, butterflies and caterpillars and then ventured into the park to see them in their native habitat.

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Sarah Nader- snader@shawmedia.com A Julia Longwing butterfly rests on a leaf in the butterfly house at the Crystal Lake Park District Nature Center Thursday, July 30, 2015.

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Sarah Nader- snader@shawmedia.com Aidan Niederkorn, 7, of Crystal Lake looks for butterflies while hunting for wild flowers at Veterans Acres Park in Crystal Lake Thursday, July 30, 2015. Niederkorn was attending the Beautiful Butterflies event at the Nature Center.

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Sarah Nader- snader@shawmedia.com Aidan Niederkorn (left), 7, Genavieve Diez, 7, and Mila Santiago, 10, all of Crystal Lake, looks for butterflies while hunting for wild flowers at Veterans Acres Park in Crystal Lake. Children ages 7-11 attended the Beautiful Butterflies program at the Nature Center Thursday, July 30, 2015. Participants toured the butterfly house after learning about moths, butterflies and caterpillars and then ventured into the park to see them in their native habitat.