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Butterfly Rainforest Moment, Handling butterflies

May 5, 2020

Spend a moment in our Butterfly Rainforest with Ryan talking about the proper way to handle butterflies. Although there are … Continue

elaborately patterned butterfly resting on a green leaf

Butterfly Rainforest Moment, Orange cracker

May 1, 2020

Spend a moment in our Butterfly Rainforest with Ryan talking about the Orange cracker butterflies, Hamadryas fornax. They get their … Continue

small dark butterfly with red stripes on a flower

Butterfly Rainforest Moment, Postman butterflies

Apr 28, 2020

Spend a moment in our Butterfly Rainforest with Ryan talking about the Postman, Heliconius melpomene, and Small postman, Heliconius erato, … Continue

small but wide dark butterfly with large white stripes on its wings

Butterfly Rainforest Moment, Sapho longwing

Apr 24, 2020

Spend a moment in our Butterfly Rainforest with Ryan talking about the Sapho longwing butterfly, Heliconius sapho, found from Mexico … Continue

small white and black striped butterfly on leaves

Butterfly Rainforest Moment, Mexican kite swallowtail

Apr 21, 2020

Spend a moment in our Butterfly Rainforest with Ryan talking about the Mexican kite swallowtail, Protographium epidaus, from Mexico and … Continue

small black and orange butterfly with white spots on the upper edges of its wings

Butterfly Rainforest Moment, Cream-spotted tigerwing

Apr 17, 2020

Spend a moment in our Butterfly Rainforest with Ryan talking about the Cream-spotted tigerwing, Tithorea tarricina, from Central and South … Continue

Juvenile humpback whale skeleton

Looking at Humphrey the Whale

Apr 15, 2020

In 2017, we celebrated our 100th birthday as your state museum. We created an exhibit for this special occasion called … Continue

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Butterfly Rainforest Moment, Atlas moth

Apr 14, 2020

Spend a moment in our Butterfly Rainforest with Ryan talking about the Atlas moth, Attacus atlas, the world’s largest moth … Continue

small triangular butterfly with elaborately striped wings

Butterfly Rainforest Moment, Mosaic butterfly

Apr 10, 2020

Spend a moment in our Butterfly Rainforest with Ryan talking about the Mosaic butterfly, Colobura dirce, also called the zebra … Continue

black butterfly with an elaborate pattern of green spots on its wings

Butterfly Rainforest Moment, Tailed Jay

Apr 7, 2020

Spend a moment in the Butterfly Rainforest with Ryan talking about the unusual green butterfly called the Tailed Jay, Graphium … Continue

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