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June 23, 2024

Butterfly Food

Most butterflies eat, actually they “drink”, from nectar plants while the plants that caterpillars eat are called host plants.
June 23, 2024

Butterfly House News 06/23/2021

The Caterpillars Have Arrived!
June 17, 2024

Butterfly House Exhibit 2021

We have started cleanup and transplanting our pollinator plants into MVG’s Butterfly House and the caterpillars are on their way! 
July 25, 2024

Creature Feature: Giant Swallowtail Butterfly

Other names: (As larvae) Orange Dog, Orange Puppy Binomial Name: Papilio cresphontes The Giant Swallowtail is the one of the largest butterflies in North America.  It […]
July 23, 2024

Creature Feature: Black Swallowtail Butterfly

Other names: (Eastern) Black Swallowtail, American Swallowtail or Parsnip Swallowtail Binomial Name: Papilio polyxenes The Black Swallowtail is a large butterfly.  It can be found across […]
July 18, 2024

Creature Feature: Spicebush Swallowtail

Other names: green-clouded butterfly Binomial Name: Papilio troilus The Spicebush Swallowtail is a large butterfly that can be found in North America. The Spicebush Swallowtail can […]
July 17, 2024

Creature Feature: Mourning Cloak Butterfly

Other names: Camberwell beauty (in larval form, Slimy Elm Caterpillar, Grand Surprise, or White Petticoat) Binomial Name: Nymphalis antiopa The Mourning Cloak is a large sized […]
July 16, 2024

Creature Feature: Painted Lady Butterfly

Other names: Cosmopolitan Binomial Name: Vanessa cardui The Painted Lady is a medium sized (approx. the size of a half dollar) butterfly. This is the most […]
July 15, 2024

Creature Feature: Question Mark Butterfly

Other names: N/A Binomial Name: Polygonia interrogationis The Question Mark Butterfly is a medium sized (approx. the size of a half dollar) butterfly. It lives throughout […]
July 15, 2024

Creature Feature: Common Buckeye Butterfly

Other names: “Buckeye” Binomial Name: Junonia coenia The Common Buckeye is a medium sized (approx. the size of a half dollar) brown butterfly commonly found in […]
July 10, 2024

“Butterfly House” Exhibit 2020: Day 2 of the Open Exhibit

I went to check on the lovely butterflies. They seem to be doing well. The monarchs and the Swallowtail were all showoffs. As I slowly walked […]
July 9, 2024

“Butterfly House” Exhibit 2020: Sweet Release

Finally! We were able to release the butterflies today. With all of the coordinating and preparation, with all of the learning and studying, with all of […]
July 1, 2024

“Butterfly House” Exhibit 2020: The netting is here!

The netting is here and the physical facilities team is working on securing it right now. A happy little common buckeye has wondered in on his/her […]
June 25, 2024

“Butterfly House” Exhibit 2020: Working on it…

We got the house mostly mulched the other day. This took some time! We were excited to discover how many volunteer annuals returned from last year’s […]
June 19, 2024

“Butterfly House” Exhibit 2020: Prepping and working on physical facilities.

Since there are so many planters that need to be created, I have enlisted the help of a couple of co-workers. I asked our resident creative […]
June 15, 2024

“Butterfly House” Exhibit 2020: Next round of seeds

There is so much work to be done for this exhibit. Despite learning what I could from previous years, there is still a lot of time […]
June 12, 2024

“Butterfly House” Exhibit 2020: The seeds have sprouted!

Apologies, I didn’t get a chance to research and share Asclepsias information yet, but I have been making headway on other 2020 Butterfly House planning. It’ll […]
June 4, 2024

“Butterfly House” Exhibit 2020: Planning and planting

As stated yesterday, my current focus is preparing for the larvae life stage of the butterfly. Caterpillars can be absolutely tenacious eaters. While I’m trying to […]
June 3, 2024

“Butterfly House” Exhibit 2020 - Sow now I learn…

Tomorrow will be a busy day. Between my other duties, I’ll get to enjoy sowing some Milkweed (Asclepias). Today, I stayed over a bit because I […]
June 3, 2024

“Butterfly House” Exhibit 2020: After the meeting

I have learned some things. We’ll start with our schedule. After meeting with the experts and the growers, we have decided to officially open our 2020 […]
May 28, 2024

Butterfly House

In order to know what butterflies to invest in, we need to know what they need to survive. My top priority in regards to the “Butterfly […]
May 27, 2024

“Butterfly House” Exhibit 2020: It Begins

Today I’ve begun research on past butterfly house plans. This will be my first year having the privilege to work on this conservation and education project […]