Butterfly Day - Butterfly House and Bug Zoo

I stopped by the GT Butterfly House and Bug Zoo in Williamsburg Michigan last week on the way back from a mini vacation. It was a pleasant surprise much more than I expected. Happy #butterflyday by @whatisnew Also checkout this video of a few butterflies at the feeding table https://d.tube/v/sketch.and.jam/QmYrqzA7dM5jMm2cfVkDgdrcbrQAW2BdDewPyaWgMKPPEx

First up we have this newly hatched banded peacock butterfly. The butterfly caretaker brought this newly hatched butterfly out for me to photograph.

Here's another shot of this papilo crino.

Here's the hatchery, they had numerous different pupas hanging up with their latin names next to each batch. Once they emerge the workers set them free in a mini greenhouse full of flowers and different sweet things to feed on.

Here's a couple Blue Morphos aka morpho peleides feeding on a banana. These guys were really hard to photograph as they were constantly flying and rarely sit still at any given moment.

This orange oakleaf butterfly aka Kallima inachus landed on my leg. They seem to land on things that match their colors.

Here he is opening his wings.

Here's a gray butterfly that landed on my girlfriends leg. I'm not sure of the name of this one.

Here's a violet clipper aka parthenos sylvia. These are native to Malaysia.

Here's another one with slightly different colors.

Here's a brown clipper with the same latin name.

I'm not sure of the name of this one but I think @foxkoit shot a similar looking one the other day.

Here's a common mormon aka popilio polytes. He lost one of his tails. The butterfly expert said that most the butterflies they raise only last about a week on average. Just long enough to find a mate and reproduce.

In addition to the butterfly house they also had a bug zoo with characters like this stag beetle that they brought out and let us pet.

They had other animals there as well like this albino salamander. Happy #butterflyday

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