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mistressofmuses) wrote2023-07-05 04:34 pm
mistressofmuses) wrote2023-07-05 04:34 pm
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Monday 6/26: The Butterfly Pavilion - Part 1 (not butterflies)
Last Monday we had to run an errand to meet an acquaintance. She's picking up some things for us at a model event in a few weeks, and we needed to get her the payment and our tickets. We decided to meet partway between both of our respective cities, since we aren't wildly close. We made it aaaaaall the way to the spot we were meeting... and Alex realized he'd left the tickets on the counter at home. Whoops.
The second plan on the day, visiting the Butterfly Pavilion, went much more smoothly!
First up is the non-butterfly insects/arachnids. The current theme is "survival", so lots about camouflage or protective coloration and things.
I was very happy I got the burnished purple color of this guy! Also, them jaws!
Orchid mantis! I love them so very much.
Lovely rainbow metallic beetle!
THE BEES
The picture does not do justice to just how BIG this guy was! Nearly the size of my fist. (It was lunch time, so all the beetles were out eating their melon bits.)
And then the water section:
Horseshoe crab! I love them!
Maybe the first time I've gotten a clear picture of the tang, lol.
(The tang is one of the only non-invertebrates in the Pavilion. It's an invertebrate zoo, and back when I interned there, my supervisor was SO annoyed by having the fish, lol. Buuuut it's "Dory", so it's very popular, and does allow for a couple lessons about how ecosystems connect.)
It was lunch time over here, too, so some bat stars having a shrimp snack.
Sea urchin in a tophat. :)
Some fancy shrimp.
The second plan on the day, visiting the Butterfly Pavilion, went much more smoothly!
First up is the non-butterfly insects/arachnids. The current theme is "survival", so lots about camouflage or protective coloration and things.
I was very happy I got the burnished purple color of this guy! Also, them jaws!
Orchid mantis! I love them so very much.
Lovely rainbow metallic beetle!
THE BEES
The picture does not do justice to just how BIG this guy was! Nearly the size of my fist. (It was lunch time, so all the beetles were out eating their melon bits.)
And then the water section:
Horseshoe crab! I love them!
Maybe the first time I've gotten a clear picture of the tang, lol.
(The tang is one of the only non-invertebrates in the Pavilion. It's an invertebrate zoo, and back when I interned there, my supervisor was SO annoyed by having the fish, lol. Buuuut it's "Dory", so it's very popular, and does allow for a couple lessons about how ecosystems connect.)
It was lunch time over here, too, so some bat stars having a shrimp snack.
Sea urchin in a tophat. :)
Some fancy shrimp.