Sawdust Festival’s Butterfly Man

Longtime exhibitor Ken Denton created an American flag out of butterflies which hangs in his booth at the Sawdust Festival. The Nixon Library has become interested in including it as part of an exclusive show.

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Aug. 3, 2017 12:38 PM PT

Longtime exhibitor Ken Denton holds a framed crying owl butterfly from Brazil in his booth at the Sawdust Festival on Wednesday. He celebrates his 45 years in the business this year.

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Longtime exhibitor Ken Denton in his butterfly booth at the Sawdust Festival. (Don Leach / Daily Pilot)

Longtime exhibitor Ken Denton, the “butterfly man,” has this example of the colorful displays at his booth in the Sawdust Festival.

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Fans of longtime exhibitor Ken Denton stop by his booth to say hello at the Sawdust Festival on Wednesday. (Don Leach / Daily Pilot)

A brilliant blue morpho butterfly from Peru is just one of hundreds of colorful examples in Ken Denton’s booth at the Sawdust Festival.

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The dog face butterfly, the California state butterfly, is just one of the hundreds of colorful species in Ken Denton’s booth at the Sawdust Festival. (Don Leach / Daily Pilot)

Fans of longtime exhibitor Ken Denton stop by his booth to say hello at the Sawdust Festival on Wednesday. (Don Leach / Daily Pilot)

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