Fresh Sheet – May 31, 2014

Get ready to enjoy colorful moth and butterfly species from Southeast Asia. They’re emerging now in our Tropical Butterfly House.


Penang Butterfly Farm, Malaysia

20 - Attacus atlas (Atlas Moth)
10 - Catopsilia pyranthe (Mottled Emigrant)
53 - Catopsilia scylla (Orange Emigrant)
10 - Cethosia cyane (Leopard Lacewing)
40 - Cethosia cyane (Leopard Lacewing)
50 - Idea leuconoe (Paper Kite)
50 - Papilio polytes (Polite Swallowtail)
50 - Parthenos sylvia (The Clipper)
04 - Precis almana (Peacock Pansy)
13 - Precis atlites (Gray Pansy)
50 - Vindula dejone (Maylay Cruiser)

Total = 350

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Fresh Sheet – May 24, 2014

Our butterfly shipments this week contain some of our favorites: Four species of Heliconiidae, four kinds of Charaxes, three subspecies of Clippers, two species of Prepona, and ten species of Papilionidae - include a Birdwing - plus much, much more! Can you find your favorites on today’s lists?


Bioproductores de El Salvador

20 - Battus belus (Belus Swallowtail)
15 - Caligo memnon (Owl Butterfly)
25 - Catonephele numilia (Numilia)
10 - Consul fabius (Tiger Leafwing)
10 - Heliconius charitonius (Zebra Longwing)
16 - Heliconius hecale (Tiger Longwing)
10 - Heliconius hortense (Mountain Longwing)
08 - Heliconius ismenius (Ismenius Longwing)
20 - Lycorea cleobaea (Large Tiger)
60 - Morpho peleides (Blue Morpho)
60 - Morpho polyphemus (White Morpho)
10 - Myscelia cyaniris (Blue Wave Butterfly)
15 - Myscelia ethusa (Royal Blue Butterfly)
08 - Papilio androgeus (Queen Page)
20 - Papilio torquatus (Band-gapped Swallowtail)
20 - Prepona demophon (One-spotted Prepona)
30 - Prepona omphale (Blue Belly-Button)
10 - Tithorea harmonia (Harmonia Tigerwing)

Total = 367

LPS-LLC

10 - Cethosia cyane (Leopard Lacewing)
20 - Charaxes castor (Giant Charaxes)
20 - Charaxes cithaeron (Blue-spotted Charaxes)
05 - Charaxes protoclea (Flame-bordered Charaxes)
10 - Charaxes varanes (Pearl Charexes)
10 - Chilasa clytia (Common Mime)
10 - Graphium agamemnon (Tailed Jay)
14 - Hypolimnas bolina (Blue moon)
10 - Idea leuconoe (Paper Kite)
10 - Papilio demodocus (Orchard Swallowtail)
10 - Papilio lowii (Sunset Swallowtail)
05 - Papilio memnon (Great Memnon)
03 - Papilio nireus (Blue-banded Swallowtail)
10 - Papilio palinurus (Banded Peacock)
20 - Papilio polytes (Polite Swallowtail)
10 - Papilio rumanzovia (Crimson Swallowtail)
10 - Parthenos sylvia lilacinus (Blue Clipper)
10 - Parthenos sylvia philippensis (The Clipper)
08 - Parthenos sylvia violaceae (Violet Clipper)
20 - Tirumala limniace (Blue Tiger)
05 - Troides rhadamantus plateni (Platen’s Birdwing)
05 - Vindula dejone (The Cruiser)

Total = 235

Grand Total = 602

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Spring Cleaning!

If you’ve spent any time outside in Seattle recently, you’ll notice that summer is on its way. Summer at Pacific Science Center means longer open hours, lots of visitors, and no more closed-to-the-public Tuesdays. Before we resume our seven day a week opening schedule (May 27), the Life Sciences department has many spring-cleaning chores to perform.

Recently, volunteers from the Liberty Mutual Insurance, Serve with Liberty program joined Life Sciences staff and volunteers to help with our spring-cleaning. This enthusiastic team helped weed our courtyard gardens, scrub algae off the tide pool, scour the pond and power wash the floor of our Tropical Butterfly House.

With our big cleaning projects out of the way, we can now look forward to spending more time with our guests this summer and be happy knowing that plant and animal exhibits will be looking good in the coming months!

Thank you Liberty Mutual Insurance volunteers!

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Fresh Sheet – May 17, 2014

Look what just arrived from Costa Rica!


Suministros Entomológicos Costarricenses, S.A.
CRES, Costa Rica

11 - Brassolis isthmia (Small-spotted Owl)
20 – Caligo eurilochus (Forest Giant Owl)
23 - Caligo memnon (Owl Butterfly)
46 - Catonephele numilia (Halloween Butterfly)
25 - Greta oto (Glasswing)
15 - Hamadryas amphinome (Red Calico)
10 - Heliconius cydno (Cydno Longwing)
41 - Heliconius doris (Doris Longwing)
10 - Heliconius erato (Small Postman)
30 - Heliconius hecale (Tiger Longwing)
08 - Heliconius hewitsoni (Hewitson’s Longwing)
29 - Heliconius melpomene (Postman)
48 - Heliconius sapho (Sapho Longwing)
40 - Morpho peleides (Blue Morpho)
51 - Myselia cyaniris (Blue Wave Butterfly)
67 - Papilio thoas (Thoas Swallowtail)
06 - Parides iphidamas (Transandean Cattleheart)

Total = 480

“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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