Bart Simpson was once quoted as saying “Because, nobody ever suspects the butterfly”. Similar words may be used to describe inventor and creator of SOTE Jim Frazier’s vibrant Lepidoptera (that’s geek-speak for butterflies and moths) photographic exhibition that just wrapped up at the Manning Regional Art Gallery. The award-winning and internationally acclaimed wildlife photographer and film maker’s stunning images not only displayed the beauty of the Lepidoptera world, but also the risque and seamy side of the lives of these insects.

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Are you sick of having depressing climate change messages shoved in your ears at every turn? Do you reach for the remote every time you see a desperate looking polar bear on TV? Does the term “rising CO2 levels” make you want to raise your glass of something hard to your lips to forget what you just heard?

Yes? I see a lot of nodding heads. Yep, we’re pretty damn sick of it too.

Whoooaaaa, but isn’t SOE all about saving the planet and stuff?

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