Our local butterfly house recently added a marine cove where you can pet stingrays, sharks, and crabs.
This is a hawaiian plumeria flower, and it is supposed to be very difficult to grow in the northern latitudes (even indoors). The volunteer informed us that it is unheard of to see one blooming in this part of the country!
Dominic learned the sign for butterfly while we were there, and found plenty of times to use it.
The picture below shows a good example of butterfly wing iridescence. The patches on the black butterfly’s wings are white, but when light shines the right way it becomes blue. You can see the tinges of blue in the picture.
Joseph kept me busy running from one side of the room to another as he almost screamed, “Sarah over here! there’s a butterfly over here! Take a picture quick!” I would have missed this lovely butterfly without him. John was carrying an identification chart, and he told me it is called a Julia Butterfly.
We stopped for ice cream afterwards. See Dominic’s chocolate moustache!
Thanks for sharing, Sarah! : )