Finca de Mariposas

Above is a mural that is on one of the walls of the butterfly farm. Below is a butterfly that uses as a defense the yellow horizontal stripe and the v-shaped yellow. It looks like a predator, the name of which I cannot remember, so birds and lizards and grasshoppers tend to leave them alone.
This blue morph is coming out of its cacoon. When they get ready to emerge, the staff pins the cacoon on a tree in the "birthing room" where they can watch them come out. This farm ships larvae all over the world to other farms, labs and universities.
Of course I don´t know the name of this one either, but there is also another butterfly that is all orange, exactly the color of the orange on this one. They fly around a flower that is exactly the same orange. There were tons of them there, but couldn´t get a pic cuz the little rascals are way too fast!
This is the larvae of the blue morph. They start out as teeny little eggs which are gathered and placed in the laboratory. When they are bigger they are placed on leaves and the larvae tend to stick together for safety, and probably, a little conversation. ;)

This is waht a leaf looks like after a larvae has lunch. Tidy little buggers.
There are many beautiful flowers in the garden that attract certain butterflies. Some smell like licorice, others like oranges, others like honey, and some smell, well, like flowers. :)

Right in the center of this tree is a knot that looks like wood. It´s a pupa, the pre-cacoon stage of a butterfly. Pretty clever disguise, ¿¡huh!?

Hi All! I went to the Butterfly farm on Wednesday and it was beautiful. Unfortunately, I am out of time on the computer and so will add more pics when I can get the computer next and will add names of the butterflies.

One thing I especially want you to note is that the butterfly above and below is a blue morph. It uses a disguise to protect itself. Note on the right side of the butterfly it looks like the eye of an owl and the left side looks like a snake. That´s to confuse its predators and keep itself safe. Very interesting.