Behold, the latest must-have wedding accessory: dead butterflies | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

Releasing soon-to-be-dead insects as the knot is tied is the latest witless idea from an industry that churns out identikit ceremonies for exorbitant feesThere are many things to find distasteful about the wedding-industrial complex, but the fact that it is now causing the deaths of butterflies surely takes the (naked) cake. According to Butterfly Conservation, the trend for releasing butterflies from a box during wedding ceremonies, known as “butterfly confetti” (me neither), could