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Recent Sightings Recent sightings: Butterfly exhibit

April 8, 2009

Photo of two girls looking at a feeding tropical butterfly.

 

From left to right, visitors Shae Monson, 10, and Bree Monson, 8, observe a Caligo eurilochus butterfly, common to Central and South America, feeding during a tropical butterfly exhibit held at the D.C. Smith Greenhouse at University of Wisconsin–Madison on April 4, 2009. The outreach exhibit, which is open to the public and continues through April 24, features nearly 500 tropical butterflies from 12 different species flitting about the tropical plants. The exhibit is part of the UW–Madison Entomology Department’s centennial celebration and was a featured activity during the April 4 Science Expedition event.

Photo: Jeff Miller