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Have you ever seen butter attract butterflies?

Asked by Nimis (13255points) June 4th, 2012 from iPhone

Another question reminded me of an old question I had.

Why are butterflies called butterflies?

A quick Google search pulled up various entomological examples of how they were known to be attracted to butter or lick milk. (Milchdiebe or milk thief in German.)

I cannot, for the life of me, recall any such incident.

Have I just never seen this before?

Or is this just a myth? If so, how in the world would it have originated?

Or is it that much of the butter today is so processed (versus fresh hand-churned butter), that they’re no longer attracted to it?

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