PHOTOS: Flying Colors Butterfly Festival 2019

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PHOTOS: Flying Colors Butterfly Festival 2019

Vivi Perry looks over a Butterfly during the 20th annual Flying Colors Butterfly Festival at the Chattahoochee Nature Center in Roswell on Sunday, June 2, 2019. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Fairgoers take photographs and look at butterflies during the 20th annual Flying Colors Butterfly Festival at the Chattahoochee Nature Center in Roswell on Sunday, June 2, 2019. There are more than 10 species of butterflies found in the encounter, and all are native to the southeastern United States. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Rich Bush looks over a Butterfly with his grandson Henry Perry during the 20th annual Flying Colors Butterfly Festival at the Chattahoochee Nature Center in Roswell on Sunday, June 2, 2019. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Homemade nectar attracts butterflies to sticks in the Butterfly Encounter during the 20th annual Flying Colors Butterfly Festival at the Chattahoochee Nature Center in Roswell on Sunday, June 2, 2019. There are more than 10 species of butterflies found in the encounter, and all are native to the southeastern United States. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Art model Annie Jefferson poses for a group of painters during the 20th annual Flying Colors Butterfly Festival at the Chattahoochee Nature Center in Roswell on Sunday, June 2, 2019. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Raggan Burke sees herself for the first time after getting a face painting of a Butterfly during the 20th annual Flying Colors Butterfly Festival at the Chattahoochee Nature Center in Roswell on Sunday, June 2, 2019. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

A fairgoer holds one of the newly released Painted Lady Butterflies to move it to a safer location during the 20th annual Flying Colors Butterfly Festival at the Chattahoochee Nature Center in Roswell on Sunday, June 2, 2019. The Chattahoochee Nature Center has 2 butterfly releases a day during the festival weekend. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Izzy Smith runs around with her butterfly costume during the 20th Annual Flying Colors Butterfly Festival at the Chattahoochee Nature Center in Roswel on Sunday, June 2, 2019. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Isaac Smith tries to figure out how to put on his butterfly costume during the 20th Annual Flying Colors Butterfly Festival at the Chattahoochee Nature Center in Roswell on Sunday, June 2, 2019. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Volunteer Frank Viera talks about the Barred Owl during the 20th Annual Flying Colors Butterfly Festival at the Chattahoochee Nature Center in Roswell on Sunday, June 2, 2019. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Emily Belinfante (Ms. Chrysalis) releases nearly 100 Painted Lady Butterflies during the 20th Annual Flying Colors Butterfly Festival at the Chattahoochee Nature Center in Roswell on Sunday, June 2, 2019. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Chattahoochee Nature Center has two butterfly releases a day during the 20th Annual Flying Colors Butterfly Festival at the Chattahoochee Nature Center in Roswell on Sunday, June 2, 2019. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

Fairgoers try and pick up one of the newly released Painted Lady Butterflies and move it to a safer location during the 20th Annual Flying Colors Butterfly Festival at the Chattahoochee Nature Center in Roswell on Sunday, June 2, 2019. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

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Vivi Perry looks over a Butterfly during the 20th annual Flying Colors Butterfly Festival at the Chattahoochee Nature Center in Roswell on Sunday, June 2, 2019. STEVE SCHAEFER / SPECIAL TO THE AJC

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