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 2, 2013
Fresh Sheet – March 2, 2013
Last week it was Owl butterflies, this week it’s Atlas moths. There are going to be a lot of big Lepidoptera flying around the Tropical Butterfly House pretty soon!
El Salvador
30 - Caligo memnon (Owl Butterfly)
30 - Catonephele numilia (Numilia)
10 - Hamadryas guatemalena (Guatemalan Calico)
10 - Heliconius charitonius (Zebra Longwing)
30 - Heliconius erato (Small Postman)
20 - Heliconius hecale (Tiger Longwing)
20 - Heliconius hortense (Mountain Longwing)
10 - Lycorea cleobaea (Large Tiger)
30 - Morpho peleides (Blue Morpho)
35 - Morpho polyphemus (White Morpho)
30 - Myscelia ethusa (Royal Blue Butterfly)
20 - Papilio androgeus (Queen Page)
20 - Papilio torquatus (Band-gapped Swallowtail)
20 - Prepona omphale (Blue Belly-Button)
15 - Archeoprepona demophon (One-spotted Prepona)
Total = 330
LPS LLC
37 - Attacus atlas (Atlas Moth)
20 - Charaxes brutus (White-barred Charaxes)
05 - Charaxes candiope (Green-veined Charaxes)
05 - Charaxes cithaeron (Blue-spotted Charaxes)
10 - Charaxes varanes (Pearl Charexes)
10 - Euphaedra neophron (Gold-banded Forester)
07 - Euploea core (Common Crow)
09 - Graphium agamemnon (Tailed Jay)
33 - Idea leuconoe (Paper Kite)
20 - Papilio dardanus (Mocker Swallowtail)
30 - Papilio lowii (Sunset Swallowtail)
12 - Papilio ophidicephalus (Emperor Swallowtail)
07 - Papilio polytes (Polite Swallowtail)
10 - Parthenos sylvia lilacinus (Blue Clipper)
10 - Parthenos sylvia philippensis (The Clipper)
12 - Parthenos sylvia violaceae (Violet Clipper)
10 - Tirumala limniace (Blue Tiger)
Total = 247
Grand Total = 577
“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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