Originally Posted by
roving
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Our next door neighbour was a serving Army officer. He had two teenage sons at boarding school in the UK. His hobby was collecting butterflies which he kept in beautiful wooden and glass cases. He once took me into the jungle with him in search of exotic butterflies.
I did modest amount of butterfly collecting in Singapore too. A couple of boxed frames brought home as gifts to my parents. Bought some box-framed scary beetles as well, but they were less popular!.