Boender decided to open an even bigger attraction in Florida. Butterfly World opened to the public in 1988, encompassing the butterfly farm, a botanical garden, and the butterfly aviary.

Butterfly World, the largest butterfly house on Earth and the first of its kind in the United States, has been in business since 1986 and is home to more than 20,000 live butterflies. The 3-acre ...

Its flashy red or orange wings make the Florida leafwing butterfly easy to spot in flight, but it gets its name from the tricks of camouflage that allow the brown or gray underside of its wings — ...