Which Butterflies are at Butterflies!
It Changes Every Day!
Butterflies! will usually have between 60 to 150 butterflies and 20 to 40 different species on any given day. Adult butterflies usually live for one to two weeks and Butterfly Mike receives new butterflies from around the world each week. So, what's here one week probably won't be the same as what was here last week.
Check out the Butterfly Gallery to see some of them.
How Many Will You Find?
That can depend on how many there are, but it also depends on how well you look.
The tropical garden in Butterflies! is a pretty big place. There are many places to look:
- Some will be flying. (These are often the easiest to spot.)
- Some will be eating at food stations. (These are good places to get close to the butterflies.)
- Some will be resting on plants. (Butterflies usually rest with their wings pointing up so you'll be looking at the undersides of the wings. This side of the wing is often less colorful and may even be camouflaged.)
- Some will be resting on the walls or the ceiling.
- Watch out! Some will be resting on the floor. Watch your step!
Photo Credits
Except for the blue morpho, the butterfly photos on this page are courtesy of www.insectimages.org or Colin Purrington @flicker.com. Individual photo credits of photos from insectimages.org are as follows:
- gulf fritillary (Agraulis vanillae): David Cappaert
- zebra longwing (Heliconius charitonius): Patricia M. Ciesla
- spicebush swallowtail (Papilio troilus): Ronald F. Billings
