All over the world butterflies soar into the hearts of man, they sail boundless and free, speaking the universal language of beauty
~K. D’Angelo
Butterfly World is the largest butterfly park in South Africa where live butterflies
fly freely in a beautiful covered garden.
Walk-through Butterfly House housing both exotic and indigenous butterflies.
Amazing tropical butterfly garden with exotic and indigenous butterflies.
An entomological museum that harbors important collections of Lepidoptera, Coleopteran
and diverse exotic arthropods from around the world.
Walk among hundreds of live butterflies in an all weather indoor rainforest
setting. Share the world of the butterfly as they fly, court, mate, sip nectar
or rest in the light showing off their fascinating colours and patterns.
Cairns, Australia -
At the Australian Butterfly Sanctuary, located in the heart of Kuranda, more
than 1,500 colourful tropical butterflies flitter and flutter around their
large tropical enclosure in complete safety. All butterflies at the Australian
Butterfly Sanctuary are denizens of the Tropical North Queensland region, and
can be found in the surrounding lush tropical Australian rainforests. Experience
the breathtaking beauty of the vibrant electric blue Ulysses butterfly (the
unofficial emblem of Tropical North Queensland) and the majestic iridescence
of the Cairns Birdwing butterfly.
The historical Vienna Butterfly House (Schmetterlinghaus) is located right in the
heart of the city, part of the Hofburg palace, just 200 meters from the opera building.
Come and be amazed by hundreds of live, free-flying tropical butterflies, in an exciting
recreation of their natural rain forest environment.This magical experience is right in the
centre
of Vienna, just 200 meters from the opera building.The butterfly house is to be found inside
one
of the worlds most magnificent "Jugendstil" greenhouses, a part of the royal palace (Hofburg)
and a tourist attraction in its own right.
A screened and landscaped 42'x60'x21’ butterfly house, spotlighting a wide
variety of free-flying butterflies native to Belize.
The Breeding Center supplies Great Britain, United States, Japan, and Singapore
with pupae for their own man-made butterfly habitats. Close to 200 species of
butterflies can be seen in the Reserve's forest. It's best to visit the Butterfly
Center on a bright, sunny day as butterflies often hide behind foliage on overcast
or rainy days.
Flocks of butterflies, from brilliant blue to gorgeous orange, dazzling yellow
to intriguing gray, fly freely in a 2,700 sq. ft., beautifully landscaped flight
area. The largest live butterfly display in Belize! Also an active breeding facility
which has bred more than 70 Belizean butterfly species.
BRITISH COLUMBIA
They're everywhere... hundreds of them , all sizes, shapes and colors ranging
from the Giant Atlas Moth (10" wing span) to the tiny Red Periot Butterfly
(1/2" wing span). As they fly from flower to flower, they sometimes mistake
people for flowers and alight on their shoulders, heads and arms searching for
nectar.
Victoria Butterfly Gardens were designed and built specifically to showcase
the life cycle and free flight of tropical butterflies and moths. The 12,000
sq ft enclosure is a riot of tropical colours, aroma's and personalities. Stars
of the show are the butterflies themselves - 3000 of them fluttering amongst
the flora!
Exhibit of live invertebrates and interactive insect games. Visitors become
Junior Entomologists, are given a lab jacket and a clipboard of age appropriate
questions, and observe the invertebrates on display. 
NEWFOUNDLAND
The Newfoundland Insectarium is a museum of nature featuring insects and arthropods
from around the world. It houses thousands of live and mounted specimens including
a butterfly garden, glass beehive, and ant colony.
ONTARIO
Enter a lush tropical garden and walk amongst thousands of freely flying butterflies!
Cambridge Butterfly Conservatory is a wonderful place to learn about
butterflies, nature & conservation.
The self-guided walking tour of the Butterfly Conservatory begins with a short,
informative video presentation that is close captioned for the hearing impaired.
This magical attraction features over 2,000 colourful tropical butterflies floating
freely among lush, exotic blossoms and greenery. Paths wind through the rainforest
setting, past a pond and waterfall and the Emergence window, where butterflies
leave their pupae and prepare to take their first flight!
A Natural, Outdoor Setting For Conservation, Enjoyment and Study
Native and Tropical Butterflies Conservatory located in a beautiful indoor and
outdoor gardens. You can observe native Canadians and Tropical Butterflies from
South and Central America and the Philippines.
For 20 years, since 1990, The Butterfly Farm has been offering in-depth 2-hour
guided tours to the public. Depending on the weather, what's going on in the
garden and the guide, every tour is unique and provides a broad perspective on
butterflies and Nature.
Spirogyra is a butterfly farm and garden located within walking distance of
San Jose, Costa Rica's capital. One of our goals is to keep this area, located
in the last forested part of the city as a "green oasis' where people can
learn about butterflies an their role in the environment and hopefully become
sensitive and more aware of the importance of preserving one's habitat.
San Jose, Costa Rica
Depending on your preference you can spend anywhere from an hour to a whole
day at the garden, observing, photographing and learning about butterflies and
other insects
The tropical butterfly house will this year (2010) will house over 600 tropical
butterflies, to include the Blue Morpho, The Monarch, Swallowtail, Owl, Helliconius,
Clearwing and many more. In the Butterfly Breeding House you can see the tiny
eggs, pupae and caterpillars and watch the butterflies emerging from their pupae
ready to spread their wings. From here they are transported to the Tropical Butterfly
House to source nectar and breed.
Visit Butterfly World today to see hundreds of butterflies flying freely in
a natural environment!
Enjoy the unique pleasure of watching hundreds of the world's most spectacular
and colourful butterflies flying all around. You can see them feeding and flying
in a wonderful tropical environment.
The Butterfly House is located within the old walled kitchen garden at Berkeley
Castle, adjacent to the Rose Garden Picnic Area. 42 exotic species, from as far
as Japan and Indonesia, fly freely in a tranquil tropical oasis. Species include
the South American Blue Morpho, Glasswing, Small Postman and the Owl Butterfly;
as well as the Clipper, Mormons, Swallowtails, Lacewing & Tree Nymph all from
South Asia. The house is also home to the worlds largest moth, the Atlas Moth!
Visitors can observe their life cycle up-close through the display of caterpillars
and chrysalises.
In the Butterfly House, exotic tropical butterflies can be seen in free flight.
The special hatchery contains the pupae of many of the species, bred on site -
so at Blenheim, it's possible to study the full life-cycle. More exotic butterflies
can be seen, depending on the season. The Monarch from North America, the Owl butterflies
of Central and South America and the Heliconians butterflies, also from Central
and South America.
Buckfast Butterflies and Dartmoor Otter Sanctuary offers a great, enjoyable, educational
experience. Wander around the butterfly farm and see new butterflies emerge in
tropical surroundings.
160 acres of parkland and
gardens around a listed Victorian Manor House. The Park is home to a fascinating
and varied collection of mammals, birds, reptiles and invertebrates from all over
the world.
Live exotic butterflies fluttering and feeding amidst the flowers, trees and
vines in the tropical rain forest housed in the former Palm House. Walk amongst
some of the world's most beautiful species, including brilliant swallowtails,
and cleverly camouflaged Owl butterflies within a natural habitat. The pupae
of new butterflies can be seen in a special display case and you may even see
a butterfly emerging from its chrysalis!
Tropical House - one of the UK's largest - with hundreds of variegated butterflies
and birds wheeling about the exotic fauna.
Home to literally hundreds of exotic butterfly species, many as large as your
hand The tropical Butterfly Garden offers a relaxing and captivating glimpse
into the world of these fragile and beautiful creatures.
Tropical butterflies flying freely against a backdrop of tropical plants and
ponds.
At Butterfly World you can enter the magical world of a Tropical Rain Forest,
where you can stroll at your leisure past beautiful trees and flowers. Sit beside
the splashing waterfalls and pools and enjoy watching the vibrant wing beats
of hundreds of the worlds most exotic and beautiful butterflies fill the air.
Butterfly-Botania (Tropical Butterfly garden) in summertime (from April to August,
or September)
The butterfly farm shelters, from early spring to november 1st, hundreds of
tropical butterflies flying in absolute freedom among theirs visitors in beautiful
and natural plant environment.
Exotic Butterflies from all over the world!
If you like to not only be surrounded by flora and fauna, but also learn about
it, the Maison Paris-Nature should be on your Parisian to-do list. The maison
is situated in the green oasis of Bois de Vincenne's Floral Park, full of bright
hues and intense fragrances. For summertime visitors, be sure to check out the
seasonal butterfly garden, where the colorful insects occupy a well-maintained
floral garden.
Let us take you on a journey into a little tropic paradise, from palm and banana
trees, to trickling waterfalls and the colorful flourish of exotic butterflies
from South America, Africa and Asia.
Exotic Butterfly House
A few miles south of the city of Groningen you will find the biggest botanical
garden of The Netherlands. It consists of approximately 20 hectares of plants
from all over the world and some hothouses. The Hortus Haren is worth a visit
in every season.
6000 butterflies and moths from Honduras adorn two walls in this 1000 square
foot museum in La Ceiba, Honduras. 5000 spectacular butterflies, moths and other
insects from more than 100 countries will leave you breathless as you admire
the incredible colors and intricate designs.
The Butterfly Museum at Shillong is 2 km north of Police Bazaar on the Jaiaw
Road. It displays butterflies and beetles from India and abroad. The butterflies
are also bred here as a conservation measure.
Covering 3,500 square meters, the enclosed gardens of the park create an ecosystem
for study, breeding and protection of butterflies. This is the largest park of
its kind in Southeast Asia.
In the "House of Butterflies" one can find very pretty exotic gardens
where every day more than 400 out of the most beautiful butterflies in the world
court each other, feed from the flowers and reproduce.
In 1988, the large Insectarium was completed, where various and rare insects
are bred and exhibited.
The butterfly garden is an idyllic place for nature lovers. Located in the city
of wine, Grevenmacher along the Moselle, you find a greenhouse of 600 m2.
Penang Butterfly Farm
The Penang Butterfly Farm is
more than just a tourist attraction. It is set up as a live museum to educate
the public as well as a research centre to develop breeding methods. Displays
native Malaysian butterflies year-round.
The Butterfly Park houses some 6,000 butterflies of over 120 species. The park
is an imitation of the butterfly's natural habitat. It includes more than 15,000
plants from 100 species that have been used to recreate a Malaysian rainforest
atmosphere. There is a nursery and breeding area for the butterflies.
One of the world's largest butterfly enclosure, with waterfall, flowering plants
and free-flying butterflies. The pavilion is self-sufficient in maintaining it's
butterfly population. Stay still for a moment and a butterfly might land on you!
Butterfly Creek`s, Tropical Butterfly House is Australia`s premier butterfly
house, hosting over 700 free flying, brilliantly colourful exotic butterflies
from Asia and South America.
The first and only tropical butterfly and orchid house. In addition it is the
only one in Australia which is able to show butterflies from all over the world.
The butterfly house is fully sheltered. More than 100 different plant species
and 250 to 300 exotic orchids, which flower at different times throughout the
season. The butterfly house is also the home for many different birds including
Finches, Doves and Quails.
Home of the Monarchs - From December through to April hundreds of Monarch butterflies
can be seen, with lots of eggs, chrysalis and caterpillars - the full life cycle
of the Monarch - a unique experience.
Our new Tropical Forest has recently
opened to the public. It is a new permanent feature of our museum and included
a three story tropical forest with 1000 butterflies flying around at any one
time. We also have pools with fish and turtles. Frogs, finches and tarantulas
can also be found in the enclosure.
Educational Butterfly Garden and Museum
The natural home to T. magellanus,
the largest butterfly in the Philippines. Visit our enclosure with hundreds of
local tropical butterflies, with friendly staff to guide and answer all your
questions on butterflies. The conservation center is set in large open gardens
to enjoy many free flying butterflies in a specially created habitat.
Visit the Insectarium - from the Latin word Insecta - insects. See spiders,
scorpions, scolopendras and snails, although not insects, one can see them next
to the beetles, stick-insects, butterflies and crickets.
It's Creepy...It's Crawly... It's a Jungle in here!
Located on the beautiful
Island of Arran, SW Scotland. Tropically heated glasshouse full of exotic plants
and free-flying butterflies.
Tropical Butterfly Garden
Visitors will enjoy watching the world's most beautiful butterflies in natural
surroundings and see aspects of their biology such as: feeding, breeding, metamorphosis,
defense mechanisms and camouflage.
The Tropical Butterfly House
gives you the chance to enjoy yourself finding out about the world of butterflies
and the different tropical species that live on this planet.
The Insectarium is the newest addition to the Zoo, and is a two-story building
situated in a small valley. A huge stag beetle welcomes all visitors in the lobby.
Behind the Insectarium is a ten-hectare valley where outdoor educational hiking
is conducted, in the company of over 125 species of butterflies.
Imagine while you walk in a tropical garden full with flowers and thousands
of butterflies; some are sipping nectar, some are flying nearby, and many appear
over here and over there. This is not just a dream but a heaven on earth. 6,000
butterflies a month (40 different species from all over Thailand) in the colourful
and attractive outdoor garden from our own breeding department.
Siam Insect Zoo & Museum recently opened an second butterfly garden enclosure
which brings the total flying gardens area to about 500 squares meters. It is
the largest captive butterfly gardens in Chiang Mai, which will allow space for
a thousand of butterflies.
Plantasia is a massive glass Tropical hothouse pyramid located in Parc Tawe,
right in the centre of Swansea. There are over 5,000 unusual exotic plants including
rare and endangered specimens. The tropical theme is enhanced by free-flying
butterflies in the Butterfly House and a colony of endangered Tamarind monkeys.
An entertaining 20 minute DVD running all day on the life cycle of the butterfly.
Butterfly Conservation - North Wales Branch Saving butterflies, moths and their
habitats.
Free-flying butterflies in a luxuriant tropical display
(Alphabetically by state)
ALABAMA
Caterpillar nursery
and acres of restored butterfly habitat allow visitors to watch the full life
cycle of several species of showy moths and butterflies, spring through fall.
Botanical exhibit is home to hundreds of butterflies of more than 20 species,
all native to Alabama.
Botanical Gardens of types with a Nature Center / Butterfly House is open May
through September.
ARIZONA
Stroll through the beautiful Marshall Butterfly Pavilion and surround yourself
with hundreds of fluttering butterflies. Watch as butterflies sip nectar from
plants and perch in the sun. Special display areas feature butterfly host plants
and an activity tent where you can see our scaly-winged friends up close.
Nature trails and butterfly garden.
"Butterfly Magic" at the Tucson Botanical Gardens October through
April.
CALIFORNIA
A springtime event at the Wild Animal Park is the Butterfly Jungle. Butterflies
of every shape, size, and color flutter throughout the Hidden Jungle, a walk-through
neo-tropical aviary.
The ENC's Butterfly House is the only one of its kind in Orange County. It is
home to several butterfly species native to the County, including Mourning Cloak,
Lorquin's Admiral, Monarch, Queen, Buckeye, West Coast Lady, Painted Lady, California
Dogface (California state butterfly), Cloudless Sulphur and Anise Swallowtail.
More than 40 different butterfly and moth species and an array of plants take
up residence every summer for a much-anticipated seasonal exhibit, the Pavilion
of Wings. Wander through a unique changing and growing ecosystem. Witness wondrous
free-flying creatures interacting with plant life and with each other and emerge
with a better understanding of the environment needed for the survival of these
spectacular animals.
Colorado
Explore our 7,000 square-foot tropical rainforest, home to more than 1,200 live
butterflies and over 200 plant species from around the world. Witness butterflies
emerging from their chrysalides and watch us release them into their rainforest
habitat during our Butterfly Encounters.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Four distinct habitats - wetland, meadow, wood's edge and urban garden - encourage
visitors to observe the partnerships between plants and butterflies. The garden,
on view at all times, is a perfect complement to a visit to the O. Orkin Insect
Zoo on the second floor of the Museum.
Delaware
This 18 ft. x 30 ft. mesh greenhouse is home to about 15 species of butterflies
and moths including great spangled fritillaries, monarchs, swallowtails, painted
ladies and cecropia moth. Unlike other exhibits, it is a complete ecosystem,
containing water, shelter, food and host plants for each species. Programs focus
on the mysteries of metamorphosis, the food web and the importance of habitats.
Guided tours with a Delaware Nature Society teacher-naturalist include exploration
with nets in nearby meadows and an investigation inside the Butterfly House.
Florida
The BioWorks Butterfly Garden is a unique outdoor butterfly exhibit which focuses
upon butterflies native to West Central Florida. Rearing and displaying native
butterfly species, this garden space shows what kind of Florida-Friendly Garden
a homeowner can create to attract wildlife and turn their own yard into a butterfly
sanctuary. BioWorks Butterfly houses an engineered marsh, a free-flying butterfly
enclosure where guests can encounter butterflies, a multimedia classroom, and
an animal husbandry laboratory where the butterfly lifecycle can be witnessed
from egg to adult. Extensive outside gardens invite guests and butterflies to
wander meandering pathways and linger among the diverse plant species.
Butterfly World is the result of one man's hobby gone wild! With over 10 acres
of aviaries and botanical gardens, butterfly farm and research facility.
Our new butterfly garden is a free roaming 1/2 acre detailed outline of the
zebra longwing butterfly. There are 12 sections in it with over 1500 mostly native
plants to entice butterflies and hummingbirds. In just one day the North American
Butterfly Association (NABA) officially counted 267 butterflies representing
46 species of the 60 species found in our area!
Come face-to-face with exotic, vibrant butterflies fluttering atop a lush tropical
canvas of foliage and flowers as you experience the Butterfly Rainforest, the
Florida Museum of Natural History's newest permanent exhibit. The screened vivarium
houses subtropical and tropical plants and trees to support 55 to 65 different
species and hundreds of free-flying butterflies. Guests can stroll through the
Butterfly Rainforest on a winding path and relax to the sounds of cascading waterfalls
year-round. There are live butterfly releases on Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m.,
3 p.m. and 4 p.m., weather permitting.
The Panhandle Butterfly House is a local effort to educate the public on butterflies,
habitat conservation and ecosystem management. The Panhandle Butterfly House
is an educational and interactive exhibit. But above all, the Panhandle Butterfly
House is a place to simply enjoy the elegant flight of the butterfly, to delight
in their brilliant colors and to become immersed in the fragrances and beauty
of the flowers. There is also a notable collection of mounted butterflies from
around the world.
Since 2005, Brevard Zoo has hosted three butterfly exhibits featuring native
butterflies. Guests could encounter these beautiful insects up close and learn
of their importance as part of our ecosystem.
The Zoo also set aside a portion of the grounds to create a Backyard Wildlife
Habitat (BWH) and had it certified by the National Wildlife Federation (NWF).
The site has all four elements required by certified sites including food, water,
cover, and places to raise young. Look in the trees for a variety of bird life.
Enjoy watching wild butterflies flit between flowers. Naples Zoo is also a member
of the Butterfly Conservation Initiative (BFCI)
to support their survival.
Take a stroll through a tropical paradise...walk through an exotic and inviting
environment filled with hundreds of the most beautiful winged creatures in nature
- butterflies.
Georgia
Flights of fancy await you in the Cecil B. Day Butterfly Center, where 1,000
tropical butterflies, representing more than 50 different species, flutter freely
through the air. Tropical plants and birds, reside peacefully with the colorful
winged jewels in North America's largest, glass-enclosed tropical conservatory.
The award-winning film, On Wings of Wonder, plays continuously on two wide-screen
monitors in the center's multi-purpose room , explaining the life cycle of butterflies.
Hawaii
This butterfly habitat was dedicated 11/21/08. It is a joint venture between
the City & County of Honolulu and The Butterfly Society of Hawaii. Garden
is certified by North American Butterfly Association. Open to the public 9-4
daily. Admission $5 to the whole botanical garden, of which this is a new attraction.
Located on the island of Oahu in Honolulu
Illinois
With flashes of orange, yellow, brown, and blue, hundreds of butterflies alight
each summer in May at Brookfield Zoo in an amazing outdoor area. Get "eye
to antenna" with hundreds of butterflies native to North America flying
freely around you! Each week, hundreds of new butterflies leave their "emergent
chambers," where staff closely monitor their progress. When the butterflies
are ready to take wing, the doors are opened and the butterflies fly off to their
new homes on the leaves and flowers of the native plants grown especially for
them.
Butterfly and Moth Collection
The Field Museum's Lepidoptera (butterfly and moth) collection contains some
200,000 specimens from all over the world, and is an important resource for scientists
and scholars. Of the specimens in the Lepidoptera collection, about 90,000 are
butterflies. Many of our specimens date from 1870 to the early 1900s.
The Butterfly Lab allows visitors the opportunity to explore The Peggy Notebaert
Nature Museum's Judy Istock Butterfly Haven, located in Chicago, IL. In the lab
you will learn how to manage the lives of over two hundred butterflies. This
includes breeding, feeding and maintaining the caterpillars and butterflies within
the Haven's artificial environment.
Indiana
Over 1500 butterfly pupae received weekly from Africa, Costa Rica, and Florida.
Through the Summer the population builds until there are 1,000 to 1,500 flying
at any one time.
Iowa
Indoor and outdoor areas, an indoor conservatory, 2,500-square-foot indoor butterfly
wing, butterfly emergence cases, a gift shop, and five supporting greenhouses.
Kansas
The Butterfly Exhibit is a free-flight butterfly exhibit and provides an interactive
experience for both the visitors and the butterflies.
The Butterfly Garden attracts both native and migratory butterflies with flowering
plants and a puddling fountain that provides water for the butterflies.
Massachusetts
Featuring an 8,000-square foot tropical conservatory that's home to nearly 4,000
exotic and domestic butterflies, Magic Wings focuses on butterfly-related education,
recreation, entertainment and gardening needs.
3,100 sq. ft. glass atrium with up to 500 butterflies representing as many as
50 different species from around the world. Open March - October.
Michigan
Butterflies Are Blooming is Meijer Gardens' most popular annual exhibition and
the largest temporary tropical butterfly exhibit in the nation. March 1 through
April 30, visitors can escape the Michigan winter and mingle with more than 6,000
tropical butterflies flying free in the 15,000-square-foot Lena Meijer Conservatory.
A favorite place for many Zoo visitors in the winter is the Butterfly and Hummingbird
Garden. Located in the Wildlife Interpretive Gallery, this innovative habitat
features hundreds of butterflies from Central and South America. Every day of
the year visitors come face to face with hundreds of butterflies, four hummingbirds
and two swallow tanagers as they fly freely through the lush indoor Garden.
The Original Mackinac Island Butterfly House is the 1st of its kind in Michigan,
and the 3rd oldest LIVE butterfly exhibit in the United States. The world-renowned
facility has 1800 sq ft of tropical garden filled with hundreds of live butterflies
from four continents.
Butterflies in the summer only.
The summer of 1999 marked the grand opening of the Butterfly Encounter. Visitors
of all sizes take a journey where education, people, and gardens meet to experience
the wonders and nature of these delicate, fluttering creatures.
Missouri
On your journey through the Butterfly Palace & Rainforest Adventure, you
will not only get the chance to walk among over 1,000 live tropical butterflies
from all over the world, but you will also get to view a 3-D movie, find your
way through the Emerald Forest Mirror Maze, and investigate some amazing critters
inside our Incredible Insect Zoo. One thing is for certain - this is without
a doubt the adventure of a lifetime!
This tropical conservatory is the heart of the Butterfly House. It's carefully
controlled environment houses nearly two thousand tropical butterflies in free
flight. As many as 80 butterfly species and 150 tropical plant species are exhibited.
Nebraska
The Berniece Grewcock Butterfly and Insect Pavilion is a 14,000 square foot
total immersion exhibit located between the Scott Aquarium and the Giraffe Complex.
From the sky, the exhibit resembles a winged insect.
New Jersey
The Camden Children's Garden is designed for children and families. It is a
special place to explore and discover the natural world. The four-acre garden
provides horticultural experiences for creative and imaginative play.
The
Butterfly House showcases native butterflies and the wildflowers with which they
are associated. The garden inside simulates several typical habitats of central
New Jersey field, wetland, and wet meadow. Plants include those that are nectar
sources for adults, and those that serve as food for caterpillars.
New York
Tropical butterflies alive in winter!
Experience the wonder of butterflies and other backyard bugs in a lush wild
meadow and spacious greenhouse. Inside the conservatory, classical music creates
a soothing backdrop as you amble among monarchs, julia butterflies and other
winged beauties.
Butterflies are beautiful, but they are by no means the only residents in this
house. Butterflies such as the eastern tiger swallowtails live among other species
such as luna and cecropia moths. The 30-by-55-foot structure duplicates the natural
environment of the region. It contains roadside wild flowers such as milkweed,
garden-variety flowers, host plants and trees that are used by butterflies and
moths.
Guests will enjoy a variety of educational interactives about butterflies prior
to entering a lush rain forest environment where they encounter approximately
800 brilliantly-colored, free-flying tropical and native butterflies. A paved
path leads guests around tropical foliage and two water features, including a
cascading waterfall. Guests can visit the chrysalis case and see emerging butterflies.
An adjacent support greenhouse contains plants to help keep nectar sources for
the butterflies replenished.
Sweetbriar
Nature Center and Butterfly and Moth Vivarium
Long Island's first living seasonal butterfly display. the Vivarium is a 30'
x 50' screened enclosure and home to over 20 species of native North American
butterflies and moths complete with lush vegetation and flowers necessary for
their survival. Throughout your visit, you will be aided by interpretive signs
found along paths, and staff and volunteers will answer any questions you might
have.
Ohio
Venture into the humid, tropical rain forest of Costa Rica, where hundreds of
butterflies and a multitude of colorful birds fly about as you pass beneath a
canopy of tropical trees. The Costa Rica Glasshouse features hundreds of butterflies
in flight each day. Get introduced to a kaleidoscope of movement and color as
these wondrous creatures flit about through the air. Be sure not to miss our
daily butterfly release each day at 2:00 p.m. (March through December). Blue
morphos, zebra longwings and banded owl butterflies will dance before your eyes.
Franklin
Park Conservatory
Butterflies and Blooms Exhibit - over 100 species from 5 continents fly free
in a 50,000 sq foot Pacific Islands and cloud forest exhibit. Visitors can watch
the emerging of 100's of butterflies from pupae in our Emergence Center.
Our native-Ohio Butterfly House enables children and adults to view native butterflies
and moths in all stages of metamorphosis. Species such as painted lady, red admiral,
monarch, giant swallowtail, black swallowtail, spicebush swallowtail, tiger swallowtail,
luna moth, Cecropia moth, Polyphemus moth and pipevine swallowtail are featured.
20,000 square foot exhibit designed especially for some of nature's most delicate
creatures: butterflies. The garden is a color and texture extravaganza of more
than 15,000 plants fashioned to sustain the complete life cycle of the butterfly.
Full color, educational graphics are placed throughout the exhibit highlighting
the intricacies of butterflies and their importance in the surrounding ecosystems.
Oregon
Butterflies Forever Objectives:
Education on habitats and the effects of destruction of those habitats in Oregon
and World Wide. Oregon Silverspot threatened species education and preservation.
The Fender's blue butterfly was a lost species." An endangered species
in the Willamette Valley. Raise Oregon butterflies for schools and educational
purposes. Create an educational facility featuring free-flying butterflies
living in a garden habitat with a climate controlled atmosphere year round.
Pennsylvania
Butterflies!, features a lush, tropical garden filled with colorful plants and
a multitude of live butterflies from Central and South America, East Africa,
and Southeast Asia.
The butterfly house at Hershey Gardens is home to more than 300 butterfly varieties,
the Butterfly House has nectar plants for food and host plants for egg-laying
and caterpillar feeding. The entire lifecycle of the butterfly can be viewed
within the house.
Serving the needs of collectors with rare dried specimens and butterfly gardeners
and live exhibits with livestock.
South Carolina
Benches invite the visitor to sit and enjoy the peaceful atmosphere; a covered
wooden deck overlooking the pond and the garden serves as an outdoor classroom.
The Roper Mountain Science Center Association hosts its Mother & Daughter
Tea in the butterfly garden each June.
South Dakota
See our 6,000 square foot butterfly garden, learn how to create your own, and
read butterfly news!
Neo-tropical exhibit of 900 or more free-flying butterflies. Open daily, year
round.
Tennessee
Imagine an indoor rainforest filled with hundreds of jewel-colored butterflies
that hover over flowers, sip nectar from feeding stations and even alight on
charmed guests. These exotic and beautiful butterflies delight the senses, and
visitors to the Butterfly Garden in the Tennessee Aquarium's Ocean Journey building
will discover other reasons to appreciate these whimsical creatures.
Texas
NABA Butterfly Center is the culmination of a decade of dreaming of a special
facility devoted to wild butterflies. NABA President, Dr. Jeffrey Glassberg,
whose passion for butterflies goes back to early childhood, is the driving force
behind the Park's development. The subtropical climate of the Lower Rio Grande
Valley of Texas and its unique diversity of butterflies kept drawing Dr. Glassberg
back.
Visitors experience a spectacular butterfly garden where they are immersed in
a lush butterfly habitat surrounded by hundreds of butterflies moving freely
throughout the exhibit. Fifteen to 20 species of butterflies delight guests through
intimate interaction. Guests go home with a greater understanding of these fragile,
beautiful butterflies, and a deeper appreciation for the importance of maintaining
their habitat to ensure their survival. The butterfly exhibit is open from March
thru November.
The Butterfly Garden and Trail has been filled with local flowers and plants
that attract numerous butterflies, providing visitors with a view of many of
Austin's attractive species as well as migrating varieties. Guided tours feature
the interaction between insects and plants in an ecosystem
Certified Butterfly Habitat - Our butterfly garden is a tranquil spot to enjoy
some time outside and get ideas on how to plant your own at home. It is our desire
to demonstrate how easily a family, school, or office can attract and support
the complete life cycle of Dallas' native butterflies. Host plants provide the
proper source of nutrition for caterpillars and attract egg-laying adult female
butterflies. Nectar-rich plants are a food source for adult butterflies.
Hundreds of native Texas butterflies inhabit our 3,000 square foot Butterfly
Haus... The Lone Star State is home to more than 400 species of butterflies.
Explore the magnificent beauty of these incredible creatures in the Butterfly
Haus at Wildseed Farms. Share the wonder and awe of their amazing life cycle-
from tiny eggs, to caterpillars, to chrysalises and then... into graceful Adults.
The Butterfly Garden at Wildseed Farms is designed to create a biological system
or habitat that attracts, protects, and nourishes the butterfly through all four
stages of its life. Open seasonally March through October, weather permitting.
The Cockrell Butterfly Center and Brown Hall of Entomology provide entertainment
and education for the whole family! Enter a stunning, three-story glass structure
built around a 50-foot waterfall, a simulated tropical rainforest filled with
exotic plants and hundreds of gorgeous, living butterflies. These beautiful,
delicate creatures, imported from butterfly farms around the world, will delight
you as they flutter through the vegetation, stop to sip nectar or fruit juices,
and occasionally alight on lucky visitors. 
Initially conceived and built as a home for native butterflies, the Ruby N. Priddy
Conservatory has grown far beyond a butterfly house since it opened to the public
in the spring of 2007. Visitors will find a fascinating cross-section of the plants,
insects, and other animals that make their living on five eco regions of Texas
and Southern Oklahoma.
Virginia
The beauty of the Butterfly Station and Garden is sure to inspire you to create
your own butterfly garden. Find out which caterpillar host plants attract which
butterfly species. Explore the best methods of attracting butterflies to your
yard. Want to check your butterfly IQ? Pick up one of our colorful guide sheets
and test your ability to identify the many types of butterflies in our area.
The Butterfly Station and Garden is open mid April through mid October during
regular Science Center hours.
The 2-acre Bristow Butterfly Garden provides a habitat to attract and support
butterflies and moths during all stages of their life cycle. Within the garden
you will find a swallowtail and monarch nursery, nectar garden, moonlight garden
and butterfly bush collection.
Washington
We import about 500 tropical butterflies weekly, from South and Central America,
Africa, and Asia. Our butterflies are responsibly raised in sustainable rainforest
farms. We are proud to participate in the positive economic, cultural, and environmental
impacts butterfly farming makes throughout the world.
Wisconsin
Walk through hundreds of exotic tropical butterflies in free-flight in the North
Wing of the Conservatory! Throughout the course of the exhibit we'll feature
more than 24 species -- providing a rare chance to admire these colorful and
showy beauties up-close and to learn more about their fascinating lives. Watch
as the butterflies feed on nectar plants and fruit in the exhibit.
The breathtaking, two-story butterfly wing is a technological wonder. Its glass-enclosed
garden was designed to provide fragile butterflies with a tropical environment
throughout every Wisconsin season. Be awed while wandering amid free-flying butterflies.
Encounter native species and exotic ones like the giant, electric-blue Morpho.
Outdoor enclosed butterfly house and garden. Open July through August.
All over the world butterflies soar into the hearts of man, they sail boundless and free, speaking the universal language of beauty
~K. D’Angelo
