Friday, April 17, 2009

We love butterflies!!




We really do! So we had to go to the Museum of Natural History to see the Butterfly Pavilion that had recently opened. We saw so many BEAUTIFUL butterflies!! (And Moths!!) We also got to see caterpillars, a chrysalis, eggs being laid, (click to see more detail!) and even some mating.





Probably the coolest thing we saw was a Monarch drinking out of some flowers!




































We saw Luna Moths,











Zebra Longwings & Monarchs,












Painted Ladies & Spicebush Swallowtails,










Buckeyes & Julias!












So after seeing all the lovely butterflies, we went inside the museum. We had a great time--there was so much to see! I liked the display about chickens-- it showed the inside of a chicken and how the egg is made and then the stages of life inside the egg before it hatches. It was neat to see now that we have chicks!

We liked the museum so much, we decided to get a pass so we can return often!

1 comment:

Tammy said...

We love butterflies, too!

Nice photos. :)