I find butterflies are pretty from afar. Close up, not so much. I don't really freak out when a butterfly comes near me though. I had a classmate who was AFRAID of butterflies. If a butterfly rests on our classroom window, she gets fidgety and tries to hide that she's freaking out. If a butterfly is in our classroom, she screams, runs out of the room, and never come back in until the butterfly is gone. I thought it was quite entertaining at first but I saw how scared she really was.