PacSciLife: A peek behind the scenes of Pacific Science Center’s Life Sciences Department including the latest news from our famous Tropical Butterfly House, Naked Mole Rat colony, Puget Sound Tidepool, Insect Village, reptiles, amphibians, horticultural displays and much, much more.
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Fresh Sheet – January 29, 2011
“Sunset from the Mountain” by Paola Vargas Salas, Costa Rica Entomological Supply
Check out this week’s pupae – lots of them – from Costa Rico. Included are lots of “tinies”: Greta oto and Eurema boisduvaliana, whose name is longer than the wingspan of the adult butterfly.
Costa Rico
10 - Archeoprepona demophon (One-spotted Prepona)
10 - Caligo memnon (Owl Butterfly)
21 - Catonephele numilia (Numilia)
18 - Consul fabius (Tiger Leafwing)
41 - Danaus plexippus (The Monarch)
43 - Dryas iulia (Julia Longwing)
02 - Eurema boisduvaliana (Boisduval's Yellow)
49 - Greta oto (Glasswing)
37 - Heliconius cydno (Cydno Longwing)
14 - Heliconius doris (Doris Longwing)
05 - Heliconius hecale (Tiger Longwing)
54 - Heliconius ismenius (Ismenius Longwing)
14 - Heliconius melpomene (Postman)
20 - Heliconius sara (Sara Longwing)
14 - Heraclides anchisiades (Ruby-spotted Swallowtail)
45 - Hypna clytemnestra (Silver-studded Leafwing)
48 - Morpho peleides (Blue Morpho)
02 - Myselia cyaniris (Blue Wave Butterfly)
17 - Papilio polyxenes (Black Swallowtail)
47 - Phoebis philea (Orange Barred Sulfur)
55 - Siproeta stelenes (Malachite)
04 - Tithorea tarricina (Cream-Spotted Clearwing)
Total = 570
“Fresh Sheet” is our weekly shipment report of pupae on display in the emerging window. Visit Pacific Science Center’s Tropical Butterfly House and meet our newest residents.
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