
Each year, the Powell Gardens hosts a Festival of Butterflies that allows visitors to interact with caterpillars and butterflies alike. While there are 12,00 to 15,000 species of butterflies to admire, I remain partial to the Monarch butterfly. One of these days, I need to do some of the things on my bucket list, like participating in […]

Each year, the Powell Gardens hosts a Festival of Butterflies that allows visitors to interact with caterpillars and butterflies alike. As much as I love butterflies, there was no way I was going to miss this chance to interact with the delicate, winged beauties. Butterfly Photo #1. I think this might be a Blue Morpho with […]

While it is important to be very gentle, it’s a myth that touching a butterfly will inhibit its ability to fly or otherwise cause it harm. In fact, you might remember this post from the Monarch tagging exercise at the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha. Here are three photos of a Blue Morpho landing. What do you […]