Music Competition Butterflies

Butterfly lands on Yukie Ota during the 2014 International Flute Competition in Denmark
Screen shot from NPR.org

Musicians competing in contests may get butterflies in their stomach. At the Carl Nielson 2014 International Flute Competition in Denmark, one contestant got a butterfly visit to her forehead. Yukie Ota showed her powers of concentration, continuing to perform & refusing to be distracted. She advanced to the finals in spite of the butterfly (although she did not win the finals). A video of the butterfly event posted to YouTube received over one million hits (perhaps by butterfly enthusiasts?). Entomologists, asked to explain the butterfly behavior noted that the butterfly was extending its proboscis, presumably to imbibe sodium from the moist skin.