We Love Lepidoptera (1968)
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Sherbourne, Dorset.
Selection of close up shots of different colourful butterflies. Woman chases butterfly across field and catches it in her net. Voiceover tells us that this is not only a hobby but a business.
Butterflies are not only chased but artificially bred. A man is seen working in hot house, placing a caterpillar onto nettle leaf. Another man is standing on top of a jeep fiddling with a tree branch covered with a white sheet. Follows a succession of shots of caterpillars.
Some butterflies are bred to be saved from extinction, says voiceover. A man tries to persuade two butterflies to mate by putting them on top of each other - not successful apparently. Butterflies demand to choose a mate.
A man places a cage filled with white butterflies on ground and frees them. They fly off.
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