Butterfly releases are a beautiful way to commemorate a special event and are particularly romantic at weddings. The monarch butterflies released by Butterfly Adventures are native to Australia. After gliding, circling and perching as they orient themselves to their new surroundings, they flutter freely away to join the natural world, where they may live for another six weeks or longer (the 2 day life span is a butterfly myth). Butterfly releases tap into a long tradition maintained by entomologists from far flung lands and times. Winston Churchill was a butterfly lover and often entertained his guests with a butterfly release and Vladimir Nabokov once said that "Literature and butterflies are the two sweetest passions known to man."