All About MeWhat everyone should know about me
We are a family owned and operated company & we have over 30 years experience in the insect field. We have our own unique style of mounting our insects in a free flight or natural pose. This maintains the life like curves & positions of live insects
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Business InformationHistory/background
We are a family owned and operated company and we have over 30 years experience in the insect field.
We have our own unique style of mounting our insects in a free flight or natural pose rather than a squished scientific book presentation. We have perfected this unique style of mounting over decades of practice and while this style of mounted is more complicated and much more effort is required to maintain the life like curves and positions of a live insect we feel that it is worth the extra effort. We feel that the natural lifelike look of our designs make a much more attractive and realistic collectible and we are sure that you will agree. Butterfly-Designs has been manufacturing Real butterfly & insect gift designs since for the wholesale market since 1992 and began selling retail in addition to our wholesale sales in 2000. We have a long standing reputation for delivering high quality butterfly and real insect collections for retail sales. Real insect collecting has always been
Payment policy
Cash, Check, Money orders or we prefer Paypal direct payments, e-check or credit cards by paypal.
Shipping information
We always combine shipping for multiple item purchases. We add $1.00 for each additional item.
Return policy
We will always allow a return for a defictive item or an item that has been damaged in shipping. Please contact us before returning any item for an authorization and a return shipping address.
Contact information
Sales@butterfly-designs.com
ARE ANY OF YOUR INSECTS ENDANGERED OR PROTECTED?
NO. WE DO NOT DEAL WITH ANY ENDANGERED OR PROTECTED INSECTS. ALL OF THE BUTTERFLIES AND INSECTS ARE REAL AND HAVE ALL BEEN RAISED IN FARMS, AVIARIES AND CO-OPS THAT PROMOTE CONSERVATION RATHER THAN DEFORESTATION. AN INFORMATIVE LEAFLET IS INCLUDED WITH EVERY FRAMED INSECT THAT YOU RECEIVE.
WHERE ARE THEY MADE?
ALL OF OUR BUTTERFLIES AND INSECTS ARE SHIPPED TO OUR SHOP PAPERED OR UNSPREAD. ALL OF OUR INSECTS ARE SPREAD BY US AND MOUNTED ON CARDS THAT ARE PRINTED BY US AND THEN INDIVIDUALLY SET IN A SHADOWBOX PICTURE FRAME. WE MILL OUR OWN FRAME MOLDING FROM RAW WOOD THAT HAS BEEN DRIED AND FUMIGATED BY US. EACH PIECE OF MOLDING IS FINISHED IN 1 OF OUR 6 FRAME COLORS AND THE FRAMES ARE CUT AND ASSEMBLED BY US IN OUR OWN SHOP. ALL OF OUR ITEMS ARE EACH HAND MADE BY US IN OUR SHOP AND NONE OF OUR COMPONENTS ASIDE FROM THE SPECIMEN ARE IMPORTED. EACH ONE OF OUR ITEMS ARE CLEARLY LABELED AS HAND MADE IN THE U.S.
NO FOREIGN LABOR IS UTILIZED IN THE PRODUCTION OF ANY OF OUR ITEMS