Butterfly Wonderland - Part 2

Butterfly Wonderland - Part 2 - Chrysalises

Hello! I'm back for part two on Butterfly Wonderland. Today, I'm going to talk about the Emergence Gallery which is where all the chrysalises emerge.

After you go through the Butterfly Hall, you head into what is called the Emergence Gallery.

This room has 3 glass panels on a wall. inside the panels, there are 3 climate controlled boxes, each with up to 6 chrysalis holders, I'm sure that isn't what they are actually called, but you get the point. Each holder has rows of seperate chrysalises. At the front of a row, there is a photo that has what the butterfly looks like and its scientific name.

There are butterflies hanging on their empty chrysalis, and ones all over the ground.

A Prepona butterfly on its empty chrysalis.

Behind this Troides butterfly, there are empty chrysalises.

An Atlas moth on its cocoon. This is one of the largest moths in the world.

A whole row of Charaxes chrysalises have emerged. Only one is left.

These Idea butterflies have just emerged and are drying their wings before their first flight.

This Troides butterfly has been out of it's chrysalis for a while now and is testing its new wings.

A Papilio butterfly drying its wings.

A Graphium butterfly next to unopened Morpho polyhemus chrysalises

This Morpho butterfly blends into its background quite well.

A male and female Troides rhadamanthus.

Another interesting thing about the chrysalises are that right before the butterfly inside of it emerges, it becomes really dark. This is shown in the pictures below which have the same chrisalises, but different shades.

Well, that's it for part two on Butterfly Wonderland! I hope you come back for part three and look at my other posts. Thanks!

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