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| Julia |
To wrap up our butterfly theme we visited a butterfly house yesterday.
(I tried to identify all of the species, if a photo is not labelled and you know what it is please leave a comment)
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| White Tree Nymph |
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| Pink Cattleheart |
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| White Tree Nymph |
The butterflies were magical, the greenhouse was warm and humid, and the plants colourful and fragrant.
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| Koi fish |
Our tour guide gave an informative (and humourous) tour which included various other species that reside in the garden as well.
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| Tortoise |
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| Emerging Cabinet |
The kids had a great
time observing up close all that we have "studied" about butterflies and their life cycle.
They looked at butterfly and insect parts under microscopes, found eggs,
caterpillars, cocoons, and butterflies in the plants growing in the
gardens and enjoyed seeing the reptiles and birds.
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| Flamingos |
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| Poison Dart Frog |
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| Poison Dart Frog |
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| "Leo" the 16 year old parrot |
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| Chameleon |
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| Nesting Ringneck Dove |
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| Tortoise |
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| Brown Clipper |
If you have a Butterfly House in your area it's a great opportunity for children to see butterflies up close and add a 'visual' to what they have learned from books and worksheets.
~ joey ~
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