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Isabella
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Don't have the money to travel the world in search of exotic butterflies?
Well, you don't have to! Thanks to Butterfly World in Miami, Florida, many of
the more popular species are right here under one roof. You can expect to see up
to fifty species originating from five continents at any given time. |
| Over the course of the year, they have approximately 150 species in the
aviary, giving you plenty of excuses to visit again.
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Expect to be stunned, thrilled and spiritually moved throughout your
exploration. It will be easy to forget you are in an enclosure and rather, in
the midst of a beautiful tropical forest. The aviary has a cave, misting
rainshowers, hanging baskets, butterfly emergence cages, koi ponds and lush,
lush foliage and flowers. |
Blue
Morpho
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| But the butterflies are truly the main attraction here. On each of my
visits I have been awed by the sight of gorgeous Blue Morphos from Costa Rica,
The Isabella from Trinidad and The Common Rose from Malaysia (to name a few).
And although not a butterfly, I cannot neglect mentioning the monstrous Cecropia
Moths, which measure from 4.3 to 5.9 inches.
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No matter how much you are enjoying yourself, you will want to move on to
the other parts of the tour. You won't want to miss the laboratory with all it's
munching caterpillars, the secret garden (see one of the largest collections of
flowering Passion Vines in the world), the suspension bridge, gift shop and
butterfly gardening plant shop. Save your pennies, because there is so much to
buy for gifts, home and garden. It's a great resource for those hard-to-find
host plants like wild lime, dutchman's pipe and many types of passiflora.
All photos © Copyright 1998 Laura DeCarlo.
To learn more about Butterfly World, visit their
website.
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