The flight of the butterfly
Oct. 7th, 2020 11:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
blogcutterFor me, one highlight of October is usually the live butterfly show, held in the on-campus greenhouses at Carleton University:
https://carleton.ca/biology/annual-butterfly-show/
There's something quite special about holding a piece of orange in your hand and having a succession of brightly coloured butterflies alight on your arm to enjoy the feast.
In previous years, we've gone there on a weekday, since line-ups got very long on weekends, with people crowded in there in sweltering conditions and being urged not to linger in order to give everyone a chance to experience the show. This year, a year of mask-wearing and strictly enforced physical distancing measures, going there in person is not an option. But if you visit the site between 10AM and 3PM, you can still look at the live feed and see what our winged friends are up to.
There are also virtual tours and lectures and activity pages for the young and young at heart. You can make yourself a proboscis and learn how to eat like a butterfly. You can colour pictures. You can explore the FAQs or submit your own question, and learn everything you always wanted to know about lepidoptera but were afraid to ask.
And maybe in 2021, we'll be able to go back and see them in real life.
https://carleton.ca/biology/annual-butterfly-show/
There's something quite special about holding a piece of orange in your hand and having a succession of brightly coloured butterflies alight on your arm to enjoy the feast.
In previous years, we've gone there on a weekday, since line-ups got very long on weekends, with people crowded in there in sweltering conditions and being urged not to linger in order to give everyone a chance to experience the show. This year, a year of mask-wearing and strictly enforced physical distancing measures, going there in person is not an option. But if you visit the site between 10AM and 3PM, you can still look at the live feed and see what our winged friends are up to.
There are also virtual tours and lectures and activity pages for the young and young at heart. You can make yourself a proboscis and learn how to eat like a butterfly. You can colour pictures. You can explore the FAQs or submit your own question, and learn everything you always wanted to know about lepidoptera but were afraid to ask.
And maybe in 2021, we'll be able to go back and see them in real life.
