The Butterflies of Callaway Gardens

One of the main attractions of Callaway Gardens for me during a recent visit was the Butterfly Pavilion. The day was quite cold but inside of the glass conservatory the climate was quite tropical and the butterflies were delightful! Please don't ask me to identify these butterflies as I don't know what they are but enjoy!

Outside of the pavilion proper were several hatching cubicles with many chrysalises inside. The chrysalises were all at varying degrees of hatching. While we stood there and watched several butterflies hatched out. It was INCREDIBLE!



Paper Kite Butterfly (thanks Randy)




These two butterflies were quite high up in a tree but were very prominent. They appear to be mating.

This was a very large butterfly-probably about six inches long. It looks familiar but I don't know what kind it is. Does anyone know the names of the butterflies? If so, please leave a comment.

Many of the butterflies appeared to be drawn to the windows, as was this one resting on the ledge...

in the garden...

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Visiting Callaway Gardens with the Family

On a recent visit to our oldest daughter's (she is one of two twins and happens to be older by one minute-I posted on the other twin Wednesday) home in southeastern Alabama Mr. Fix-it and I made time to visit Callaway Gardens. On this day we had time to visit just a few of the many parts of the garden, and since it was very cold outside we started at the Butterfly Pavilion. The cute little girl peeking out of the cutout is my thirteen month old granddaughter. You'll see more of her in this post. Her name is Adella.

Inside the pavilion it was warm and cozy. I easily felt as though I was in a tropical paradise like Martinique or something. Butterflies soared all around us but you won't see many in this post. I have saved them for another post to come up soon. There were SO many.

Being right around the holidays poinsettias were front and center in the pavilion. Adella seemed a bit fascinated by this display.

Here is Adella being held by her Grampa 'Grumps'-our fun moniker for Mr. Fix-it (he is not grumpy at all-I promise!). The adults were fascinated with the case of chrysalises but even though Adella was looking toward the case the soon to be butterflies really did not hold her attention. 

But boy were they amazing! I will show more of this display in my butterfly post. These butterflies were all in the process of hatching out of their chrysalises. Once hatched with wings dried they will be transferred to the big pavilion for all to enjoy.

People such as my daughter Christine and her daughter Adella....

in the garden....

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