Marin County Fair visitors make beelines for bug exhibits

Marin County Fair visitors make beelines for bug exhibits

Elijah Nolan reached out with a small brush dipped in sugar water. A red admiral butterfly with black wings and orange spots crawled onto it. He lifted the butterfly near his eyes to study the spots. “My grandmother doesn’t know that the orange on it is poisonous,” the Fairfax 5-year-old said as Yvonne Nolan smiled. “One day I saw a butterfly with four wings!” Elijah was among a stream of curious visitors at the “Butterfly Encounter,” one of man…