One of the displays at the Farm Show was a butterfly house where you could get a close up view of lots of butterflies. We stopped for some photos before we entered. Here is Bumble the butterfly...
and Bumble the caterpillar.
Here Bumble and I are looking at the different kinds of butterflies.
It cost $2.00 a person to go inside the butterfly tent, but to me it was worth it. Bumble was excited!
Upon entering every person was handed a q-tip that had been soaked in Gatorade. They explained how butterflies taste with their feet. Once inside you take the q-tip and touch it to the butterfly's feet and try to pick them up. Here I am trying to get a butterfly to cooperate.
It worked!
Bumble held it too!
Bumble tried it by herself and got this one.
How pretty Bumble!
This picture gives you an idea of how many butterflies were inside.
On the wall were many chrysalises. You could watch them emerge.
This was a great experience. If only I would have remembered to take along our pet chrysalis Buzz. Maybe he would have been inspired by all the other butterflies and would have come out of his chrysalis! Oh well, lets hope he emerges this spring!
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