Releasing Butterflies for Special Events and Occasions

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Butterflies are a small creature, but they are symbols for cultures and religions across the globe. For many, they are a sign of change and transition. They represent life, endurance, hope, growth, celebration and rebirth. They are also associated with the soul. For such tiny insects, these creatures carry a lot of meaning. For all they represent, releasing butterflies at an event – a wedding, a graduation, a milestone birthday or even a funeral – can be a beautifully significant, and unique, moment that guests will never forget.

Picture Caption: A Butterflly Release Using Butterflies Purchased From Cloverlawn Butterflies

Butterfly Release Symbolism

Several different cultures have their own beliefs about the butterfly. In Greek mythology, Psyche (which literally translates to "soul") is represented by the butterfly. Psyche is linked to Eros, the god of love, through their passionate romance. Therefore, according to the Greeks, the butterfly represents romantic love.

Video: Butterfly Release Wedding

Butterfly Release Wedding during Lindsay & Joey Miller’s Wedding Ceremony.

In some Native American cultures, the butterfly enables wishes to come true. According to the belief, a person must capture a butterfly and whisper their wish to it. When they let it go, it soars wordlessly up to the heavens, where only the Creator can hear the wish and ultimately grant it.

Picture Caption: A Live Butterfly Release During A Memorial Service Using Butterflies Purchased From Cloverlawn Butterflies

In Ireland, butterflies are said to carry the souls of the dead as they wait to pass through purgatory. It is prohibited to kill a white butterfly, because these butterflies are said to carry the souls of departed children. Butterflies are believed to carry the souls of the departed in Mexico as well, as they tend to migrate to the country during the celebration known as the Day of the Dead.

Picture Caption: A Live Butterfly Release During A Funeral Service Using Butterflies Purchased From Cloverlawn Butterflies

The butterfly undergoes a major transformation throughout its life, starting out as a caterpillar turning into chrysalis and ultimately transforming into a butterfly. This metamorphosis is significant of the soul in many belief systems. We undergo many changes throughout our lifetime, as we experience twists and turns, and when we reach the end, we are no longer the same as when we started. In essence, we experience our own metamorphosis.

Video: Butterfly Release Funeral

View people releasing butterflies at a funeral in the video below.

Why Do a Butterfly Release?

A butterfly release can be used in many types of situations. It can be used in happy occasions, such as a wedding. A wedding is a time of joy and celebration. It is the union of two souls embarking on a new adventure. Butterflies can be used to represent this love. They can also be released by guests who want to send their wishes for the newlyweds up to the heavens in hopes that they come true.

Picture Caption: A Butterfly Release Wedding In Action Using Butterflies Purchased From Cloverlawn Butterflies

They can also be used in times of mourning, such a funeral or a memorial service. While a funeral is a sad occasion, it is also a time of celebration, as you remember the life of your loved one. Releasing butterflies can offer comfort. This gesture can also give a physical representation of your loved one’s soul as it departs from this life onto its next one, be it in the afterlife or in the form of a new life on Earth.

Video: Memorial Butterfly Release

View a Butterfly Release Memorial in the video below.

The Painted Lady Butterfly

The most popular type of butterfly used for release is the Painted Lady Butterfly which their butterfly release packages are featured on this page. These butterflies are similar to Monarchs in many ways. They have similar colors, a similar flight pattern, and are also quite sociable. The biggest difference between the two is that the Painted Lady is slightly smaller, though it is still one of the larger butterflies. These butterflies can be shipped throughout the United States.

Picture Caption: Painted Lady Butterflies are our most purchased butterflies for release across the United States

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View a video of a Painted Lady Butterfly emerging from cocoon.

The Monarch Butterfly

While some choose to release Painted Lady butterflies, it is the Monarch butterfly that is most known and used. This is due for several reasons. One, the Monarch is much larger than most other breeds of butterfly. It can also thrive in cooler temperatures, so it can be set free in a variety of locations. It is also a slower flyer, and is much more sociable. Monarchs tend to linger and interact with you and your guests for a while before they head off in search of food and shelter.

Picture Caption: Releasing Monarch Butterflies is easy and affordable when you purchase them from Cloverlawn Butterflies Butterfly Release Company

Monarchs are native to much of the United States, except for west of the Continental Divide. For this reason, they cannot be shipped west of that line. This is why our Painted Lady Butterfly release packages are your best choice.

Picture Caption: Buy Monarch Butterfly Release Packages from Cloverlawn Butterflies Butterfly Release Company

Types of Butterfly Releases

There are two types of butterfly releases. The first is a mass release. This is when one box full of butterflies is opened, allowing all of the butterflies to be freed from one location. In the instance of a wedding, you and your new spouse may choose to do this at the end of your ceremony. In the instance of a funeral, you and other immediate family members may release the box together, letting the soul of your loved one travel to its next destination.

Here are our top 3 most purchased mass release butterfly products:

1. Buy Butterflies To Release: 12 Painted Lady Butterflies For Release In A Mass Release Box - $64
   
   
2. Buy Butterflies To Release: 24 Painted Lady butterflies For Release in a Heart Shaped Mass Release Box - $89
   
   
3. Buy Butterflies To Release: 2 Dozen Painted Lady Butterflies For Release Divided Into 2 Mass Release Boxes - $170

Picture Caption: One of our many Mass Butterfly Release products, Buy Butterflies To Release: 12 Painted Lady Butterflies For Release In A Mass Release Box - $64

The second type of butterfly release is an individual release. With this release, each guest is handed an origami envelope, which is often inscribed, that contains a singular butterfly. When a signal is given, each guest can open their envelope and let their butterfly fly free.

Here are our top 3 most purchased individual butterfly release products:

1. Buy Butterflies To Release: 12 Painted Lady Butterflies For Release in Individual Release Envelopes - $50
   
   
2. Buy Butterflies To Release: 24 Painted Lady Butterflies For Release in Individual Release Envelopes - $75
   
   
3. Buy Butterflies To Release: 200 (plus 1 dozen free) Painted Lady Butterflies For Release in Individual Release Envelopes - $400 ($50+ savings)

Picture Caption: One of our many Individual Butterfly Release products, Buy Butterflies To Release: 24 Painted Lady Butterflies For Release in Individual Release Envelopes - $75

Buy Butterflies To Release

When you place an order for butterflies from Cloverlawn Butterflies Butterfly Release Company, they are, with few exceptions, shipped to arrive the day before your event. They are sent in individual envelopes, for their safety, with an icepack to keep them in a dormant state. Upon arrival, it is recommended that you change the icepack, keeping the box out of the fridge or freezer.

The Day of Your Butterfly Release Event

On the day of your event, if you are performing a mass release, you may need to transfer your individual butterflies into the box from which they will be set free. This should be done while they are still dormant. For an individual release, they can stay in their envelopes.

Give your butterflies at least half an hour to an hour to warm up and wake up. If you are handing out individual envelopes, give them out as close to the release time as possible. Let your guests, especially the younger ones, know to handle those envelopes with care in order to keep their butterfly safe.

The Butterfly Release Process

Before you let your butterflies go, it is important to keep a few things in mind. First, they should be freed outside during daylight hours. It should also be a day that is free of rain and extreme wind. Otherwise, your butterflies won’t fly. The temperature should be moderate, no cooler than 65 degrees, but no warmer than 80. These factors will give you the greatest success for a touching moment.

Video: How To Guide on Releasing Butterflies

View an example of opening a delivered butterfly release product in the video below.

If you are performing a mass release, you and anyone else letting the butterflies go should give the box a light shake to motivate your butterflies and then lift the lid, allowing the insects to soar free. This can be done at any time you have decided. For an individual release, you can give a signal for your guests to release their butterflies at the same time, unless you have made some other plan, such as each person freeing their butterfly after sharing a story.

No matter how you choose to release your butterflies, the moment it happens is one of beauty, grace and awe. Give your guests a memorable experience full of meaning by setting these beautiful creatures into the air at your next special event. Contact Cloverlawn Butterflies Butterfly Release company to place your order today! Order your Butterfly Release packages online or contact us today to place your order.

100% Guaranteed for your Painted Lady Butterfly Release

All Painted Lady Butterflies are guaranteed to be in their best health, alive and ready to fly for your when you receive them. This fact is why Cloverlawn Butterflies Butterfly Release Company is top rated and the perfect choice to buy from when releasing Painted Lady Butterflies for special occasions and events.

Video of a Butterfly Release from Cloverlawn Butterflies Butterfly Release Company

This butterfly release was done by staff at Cloverlawn Butterflies on a perfect day in Florida from one of their many butterfly release packages.

Why Choose Cloverlawn Butterflies Butterfly Release Company To Buy Butterflies For Release?

Cloverlawn Butterflies Butterfly Release Company is a small, family operated butterfly farm located in Orlando, Florida. For many years, thousands of happy customers buy butterflies to release from us for all their special events and occasions such as weddings, funerals and memorials.

Picture Caption: Cloverlawn Butterflies Butterfly Release Company is Family Owned

We specialize in live butterfly release products, featuring the Painted Lady Butterfly and the Monarch Butterfly. Our live butterflies for release are hand raised and guaranteed to arrive alive for your butterfly release. We offer several different butterfly release packages for you to purchase and every order is tailored to meet your special needs. We provide customizations to our available butterfly release products such as envelope inscriptions, boxes, ribbon decorations and more.

Great Customer Service and Great Reviews

Outside ordering our butterfly release packages online, you can call us at 407-896-8389. We are all about providing exceptional customer service. View our reviews on Google, Facebook, The Knot (an authoritative Wedding Planning Website) and Amazon to see proof of our great customer service and the happiness of our customers. We are also an authority on butterflies and answer many butterfly questions on Quora.

Shipping Live Butterflies

We have been successfully providing our live butterfly release products for over 12 years and guarantee our butterflies to be alive with our 100% Butterfly Guarantee. We always ship our butterflies for release using overnight shipping within the United States following USDA guidelines and regulations. We feed and exercise each butterfly before they leave our facility only sending out the most perfect of our stock. Learn more: Butterfly Release Instructions »

Picture Caption: Live Butterfly Release Packaging for Monday-Friday Delivery Purchased From Cloverlawn Butterflies

Order Process for Live Painted Lady Butterflies For a Butterfly Release

The process of buying our Live Butterfly Release product is safe and easy when you purchase from Butterfly Release Company Cloverlawn Butterflies.

1. First you choose your Butterfly Release Package that will contain your butterflies to release.
2. Next you choose your "Butterfly Release Date." This lets us know when your Live Butterfly Release will take place as your butterflies will arrive the day before your Butterfly Release Date.
3. As we are regulated by the federal government to ship live butterflies, we must ship your butterflies to you via Fedex Priority overnight shipping (a flat fee of $45). We have an additional fee of $15 for delivery on Saturdays (for releasing butterflies on a Sunday or Monday).
4. Next you choose the quantity amount of each set of Butterfly Release Package you want to buy and then add to cart.

Monarch Butterfly Release Packages

Looking for Monarch Butterfly Release Packages? Have an event or special occasion where releasing Monarch Butterflies are needed? Check out our Monarch Butterfly Release page which holds those products (we quickly sell out of our Monarch Butterfly Release products, so we recommend our Painted Lady Butterfly Release Packages).

In addition to offering Monarch Butterfly Release Packages, we share a wealth of Monarch Butterfly information on that page such as monarch butterfly migration, monarch butterfly facts, monarch butterfly life cycle, what do monarch butterflies eat, how long do monarch butterflies live and the monarch butterfly habitat.

Live Monarch Butterfly Release Packages

Looking for live Monarch Butterfly Release Packages? Have an event or special occasion where releasing live Monarch Butterflies are needed? Check out our live Monarch Butterfly Release page which holds those products (we quickly sell out of our Monarch Butterfly Release products, so we recommend our Painted Lady Butterfly Release Packages).

In addition to offering live Monarch Butterfly Release Packages, we share a wealth of Monarch Butterfly information such as monarch butterfly migration, monarch butterfly facts, monarch butterfly life cycle, what do monarch butterflies eat, how long do monarch butterflies live and the monarch butterfly habitat.

Where to Buy Butterflies to Release?

Find exceptional sale pricing on our butterfly release packages sold all throughout the United States such as Florida (Cloverlawn Butterflies is commonly found online when people search "Butterfly Release Florida." ) and California (Cloverlawn Butterflies is commonly found online when people search "butterfly release California"). A city where we get a lot of butterfly release orders from is San Diego, nicknamed "America's Finest City" (Cloverlawn Butterflies is commonly found online when people search "butterfly release San Diego").

Butterfly Release Coupons, Sales and Deals

Come back to our website often as we have butterflies for sale with exclusive coupons (Call us for coupons and special deals 407-896-8389 if none are currently listed on our website) for even more discounted sale pricing. You can conveniently purchase butterfly releases from us online or contact us by phone 407-896-8389 where we can help with custom orders as well.

About Cloverlawn Butterflies

Buy butterflies to release from Cloverlawn Butterflies, a trusted ethical Orlando, Florida butterfly farm providing 100% guaranteed healthy live butterflies to buy and release since 1994. Cloverlawn Butterflies is part of the respected and trusted International Butterfly Breeders Association. We hand-raise and supply both the Monarch Butterfly and Painted Lady Butterfly for special occasions and events such as a butterfly release wedding, butterfly release funeral, memorial butterfly release and more.

We are an ethical butterfly farm in Florida. We're part of the International Butterfly Breeders Association and raise butterflies in superb conditions with plenty of love and happiness.

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Cloverlawn Butterflies is Rated the Best, Most Accommodating and Affordable Butterfly Release Company in Florida, California and Other States.

Best Reviewed Butterfly Release Company

Cloverlawn Butterflies Butterfly Release Company has great customer service & reviews. Check out our great butterfly release reviews on websites such as Google My Business, Facebook, The Knot (an authoritative Wedding Planning Website) and Amazon to see proof of our great customer service and the happiness we bring to our beloved customers. We are also an authority on butterflies and answer many butterfly questions on Quora.

We've been in business since 1994 making customers happy across the United States of America with our live butterflies for release.