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Bounty of butterflies in Whilshire Trails Park
Children to release insects on Sunday afternoon
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The annual Friends of the Park Butterfly Release at Wilshire Trails was partially rained out last year but Anessa Escochea, 5, still was able to release a butterfly between rain showers.
About 1,500 monarch and painted butterflies will take flight to the delight of hundreds of children at the 18th annual Friends of the Parks Butterfly Release. Free activities for children will be from 1-4 p.m. Sunday, May 18, at Wilshire Trails Park along Pearl Nix Parkway in Gainesville. Events include paper sailboat races and face painting.