SusScrofa
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Today I went to Butterfly World, a small zoological/botanical facility near where I live. I was gifted a South Florida Adventure Pass, a special ticket which lets you go to 4 attractions during the summer as many times as you'd like at no additional cost. Besides Butterfly World, the ticket includes Flamingo Gardens, Museum Of Discovery & Science and Sawgrass Recreation Park; all 4 places have animal exhibits and are within 30 minutes of me, so needless to saw I will visit them during this month (the pass expires at end of September).
I'm not a big fan of butterfly gardens and this one costs around $30 to enter, so I would not have done it had I not received this great gift. But I actually did enjoy my time here. At the entrance is a butterfly research center containing caterpillar and pupae of various species. Then you enter a beautiful and well-maintained garden filled with butterflies (around 50 species). Many of these are absolutely gorgeous and the air is filled to the brim with lepidopterans fluttering about. Additionally, there are some small aviaries, including a lorikeet feeding area, and a small bug zoo. A small place, but rather nice.
I don't think this converted me to a butterfly garden fan, but it was a nice experience and I would imagine fans of such places would really enjoy this one.
I uploaded some photos in the gallery. Here is also the species list.
ENTRANCE
Rosy-faced Lovebird (Agapornis roseicollis)
Caterpillars of various species
BUTTERFLY GARDEN
Gouldian Finch (Chloebia gouldiae)
Owl Finch (Taeniopygia bichenovii) - NOT SEEN
Various Lepidopterans (up to 50 species)
*Hummingbirds are regularly advertised here, but they no longer keep any since around COVID.
VINE MAZE AVIARY
Domestic Canary - NOT SEEN
Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus)
Black-white Seedeater ((Sporophila luctuosa) - NOT SEEN
Blue-Black Grassquit (Volatinia jacarina)
Javan Sparrow (Lonchura oryzivora)
Japanese White-eye (Zosterops japonicus)
JEWELS OF THE SKY AVIARY ENTRANCE
Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao)
Red-green Macaw (Ara chloropterus)
*I think they may also hold a Blue-yellow Macaw, but it was not around.
JEWELS OF THE SKY AVIARY
Society Finches
Canary, possibly wild (Serinus canaria) - Unsigned
Gouldian Finch (Chloebia gouldiae)
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu (Uraeginthus bengalus)
Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)
Red-billed Firefinch (Lagonosticta senegala) - NOT SEEN
Orange-cheeked Waxbill (Estrilda melpoda)
Long-tailed Finch (Poephila acuticauda)
Spotted Munia (Lonchura punctulata)
Silverbill Munia (Lonchura Malabarica)
Black-white Mannakin (Spermestes bicolor) - NOT SEEN
Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus)
Black-faced Dacnis (Dacnis lineata) - NOT SEEN
Japanese White-eye (Zosterops japonicus)
Chinese Painted Quail (Synoicus chinensis)
LORIKEET AVIARY
Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus)
Yellow-streaked Lory (Chalcopsitta scintillata)
BUG ZOO
Goliath Birdeater (Theraphosa blondi)
Chilean rose tarantula (Grammostola rosea)
Pinktoe Tarantula (Avicularia avicularia)
Curlyhair Tarantula (Brachypelma albopilosum)
Asian Forest Scorpion (Heterometrus longimanus)
Emperor Scorpion (Pandinus imperator)
Giant Desert Hairy Scorpion (Hadrurus arizonensis)
Vietnamese Centipede (Scolopendra subspinipes)
Darkling Beetle (Zophobas morio) - Adults & larvae
American Cockroach (Periplaneta americana)
Madagascar Hissing Cockroach (Gromphadorhina portentosa)
Suriname Horned Frog (Ceratophrys cornuta)
Ornate Horned Frog (Ceratophrys ornata)
I'm not a big fan of butterfly gardens and this one costs around $30 to enter, so I would not have done it had I not received this great gift. But I actually did enjoy my time here. At the entrance is a butterfly research center containing caterpillar and pupae of various species. Then you enter a beautiful and well-maintained garden filled with butterflies (around 50 species). Many of these are absolutely gorgeous and the air is filled to the brim with lepidopterans fluttering about. Additionally, there are some small aviaries, including a lorikeet feeding area, and a small bug zoo. A small place, but rather nice.
I don't think this converted me to a butterfly garden fan, but it was a nice experience and I would imagine fans of such places would really enjoy this one.
I uploaded some photos in the gallery. Here is also the species list.
ENTRANCE
Rosy-faced Lovebird (Agapornis roseicollis)
Caterpillars of various species
BUTTERFLY GARDEN
Gouldian Finch (Chloebia gouldiae)
Owl Finch (Taeniopygia bichenovii) - NOT SEEN
Various Lepidopterans (up to 50 species)
*Hummingbirds are regularly advertised here, but they no longer keep any since around COVID.
VINE MAZE AVIARY
Domestic Canary - NOT SEEN
Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus)
Black-white Seedeater ((Sporophila luctuosa) - NOT SEEN
Blue-Black Grassquit (Volatinia jacarina)
Javan Sparrow (Lonchura oryzivora)
Japanese White-eye (Zosterops japonicus)
JEWELS OF THE SKY AVIARY ENTRANCE
Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao)
Red-green Macaw (Ara chloropterus)
*I think they may also hold a Blue-yellow Macaw, but it was not around.
JEWELS OF THE SKY AVIARY
Society Finches
Canary, possibly wild (Serinus canaria) - Unsigned
Gouldian Finch (Chloebia gouldiae)
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu (Uraeginthus bengalus)
Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)
Red-billed Firefinch (Lagonosticta senegala) - NOT SEEN
Orange-cheeked Waxbill (Estrilda melpoda)
Long-tailed Finch (Poephila acuticauda)
Spotted Munia (Lonchura punctulata)
Silverbill Munia (Lonchura Malabarica)
Black-white Mannakin (Spermestes bicolor) - NOT SEEN
Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus)
Black-faced Dacnis (Dacnis lineata) - NOT SEEN
Japanese White-eye (Zosterops japonicus)
Chinese Painted Quail (Synoicus chinensis)
LORIKEET AVIARY
Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus)
Yellow-streaked Lory (Chalcopsitta scintillata)
BUG ZOO
Goliath Birdeater (Theraphosa blondi)
Chilean rose tarantula (Grammostola rosea)
Pinktoe Tarantula (Avicularia avicularia)
Curlyhair Tarantula (Brachypelma albopilosum)
Asian Forest Scorpion (Heterometrus longimanus)
Emperor Scorpion (Pandinus imperator)
Giant Desert Hairy Scorpion (Hadrurus arizonensis)
Vietnamese Centipede (Scolopendra subspinipes)
Darkling Beetle (Zophobas morio) - Adults & larvae
American Cockroach (Periplaneta americana)
Madagascar Hissing Cockroach (Gromphadorhina portentosa)
Suriname Horned Frog (Ceratophrys cornuta)
Ornate Horned Frog (Ceratophrys ornata)
