OPL Hosts Reception for 'The Butterfly Experience'

OLEAN, NY — John MacRoy, a retired educator, will talk about "The Butterfly Experience," his March exhibit, during a reception in the Art Gallery of the Olean Public Library, 134 N. Second St., Friday from 4 to 5:30 p.m.

MacRoy, an Olean native, has an eclectic, extensive collection of beautiful butterflies, moths and giant creepy-crawlies, according to a library press release. He has displayed this collection at hundreds of elementary schools throughout the Western New York region while presenting entertaining and educational assembly programs.

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His exhibit features specimens from every continent on Earth, ranging from tropical equatorial forests to tundra and to temperate environments such as that of the Greater Olean area. He has included cryptic, gigantic silk moths; dazzling iridescent morpho butterflies from tropical America, and majestic bird-wing butterflies from Papua, New Guinea.

MacRoy plans to talk for about an hour.

Refreshments will be served.

Further information is available by calling the library, 716-372-0200.

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MacRoy's website is https://www.johnmacroysbutterflies.com/about-john-macroy.html .

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