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Butterflies bursting out all over.(Chicago Tribune)

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| July 01, 2001 | Conklin, Mike | COPYRIGHT 2001 McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

CHICAGO _ The last cocoon has opened.

Amid flashes of brilliant color and the flutter of delicate wings, the Brookfield Zoo in Illinois has taken the wraps off its summer-long tribute to that aerial ambassador of pollen and poetry, the butterfly.

And suddenly the number of Chicago institutions vying to draw the viewing public to live butterfly exhibits has grown to three. The Field Museum opened its salute to everybody's favorite insect in May, and shortly before that, the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum refitted its permanent live butterfly habitat, the Judy Istock Butterfly Haven, to include exotic species from throughout the world _ a plus that the Field ...

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