Monday, May 19, 2008

The new butterfly pavilion

On Saturday the new butterfly and insect pavilion opened up at the zoo. We were invited to come and tour it before it opened to the public since we donated money to the pavilion. So Saturday morning we went and took a tour of the new building.
Everyone who donated money to the new pavilion was given a butterfly plaque which is displayed outside the pavilion. Here is ours.




The butterflies were flying all around us. We were told if they land on us it is okay but not to touch them. We watched as some landed on others shirts and heads. We had to be careful where we walked because they would land on the trail. There were so many beautiful butterflies to look at and see.

After you leave the butterfly section you can watch the butterflies and moths come out of their cocoons. There were quite a few coming out. It was pretty cool.

Next was the insect section of the new pavilion.


This tarantula is the largest one, this is the bird eater. Pretty gross, it was very big. I could just imagine it running across my floor and how freaked out I would be.

3 comments:

Rosalee said...

That looks really cool! I have several boys in my class who would love to see that giant tarantula. I would like to see it too!

Kat said...

I really enjoyed looking at the butterflies and such but then you just had to stick the picture of the huge harry spider in there. I about died. I am horrified of tarantulas. Now I am going to have nightmares so thanks. Everything else was cool though.

Stephanie said...

Becky! I was looking recently to see if I could find blogs of any old friends and I came across yours. I looked at it a little-hope that's ok! You have a cute family and congratulations on your next baby. Anyway, I just wanted to say hi and I would love to get in contact. My email is hall.stephr{at}gmail{dot}com.
Stephanie (Boggess) Hall