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, March 24, 2012
Fresh Sheet – March 24, 2012
Not all of the butterflies in our Tropical Butterfly House are exclusively "tropical." This week's pupae shipment includes a species that famously migrates from northern South America to southern Canada. Can you guess which one?
Costa Rica
05 - Agraulis vanilla (Gulf Fritllary)
13 - Caligo atreus (Yellow-Edged Giant-Owl)
13 - Caligo eurilochus (Forest Giant Owl)
14 - Caligo memnon (Owl Butterfly)
13 - Catonephele mexicana (Mexican Catone)
29 - Catonephele numilia (Numilia)
15 - Danaus plexippus (The Monarch)
16 - Dryadula phaetusa (Banded Orange Heliconian)
08 - Dryas iulia (Julia Longwing)
08 - Eryphanis polyxena (Purple Mort Bleu Owl)
03 - Eueides isabella (Isabella’s Longwing)
04 - Greta oto (Glasswing)
12 - Hamadryas amphinome (Red Calico)
04 - Hamadryas arinome (Blue Calico)
15 - Hamadryas feronia (Variable Calico)
12 - Hamadryas laodamia (Starry Night Calico)
17 - Heliconius charitonius (Zebra Longwing)
17 - Heliconius cydno (Cydno Longwing)
24 - Heliconius doris (Doris Longwing)
06 - Heliconius erato (Small Postman)
19 - Heliconius hecale (Tiger Longwing)
08 - Heliconius hewitsoni (Hewitson’s Longwing)
20 - Heliconius ismenius (Ismenius Longwing)
17 - Heliconius sapho (Sapho Longwing)
17 - Heraclides anchisiades (Ruby-spotted Swallowtail)
16 - Hypna clytemnestra (Silver-studded Leafwing)
40 - Morpho peleides (Blue Morpho)
21 - Myselia cyaniris (Blue Wave Butterfly)
18 - Nessaea aglaura (Aglaura Olivewing)
08 - Opsiphanes tamarindi (Tamarind Owl)
16 - Parides iphidamas(Transandean Cattleheart)
15 - Philaethria dido (Scarce Bamboo Page)
10 - Phoebis philea (Orange Barred Sulfur)
15 - Phoebis sennae (Cloudless Sulphur)
16 - Siproeta stelenes(Malachite)
Total = 504
“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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