Tuesday, February 27, 2007





As you exit the butterfly park, there is an insect gallery. Here we saw 'man-faced bugs,' live scorpions, and all other kinds of strange, creepy, and beautiful insects. There were also displays of butterflies from all around the world, grouped by genus and species, and all carefully pinned and labeled. One particular butterfly genus caught my attention for two reasons: the iridescent blue colour of the male butterfly's wings, and the distinctly mythical Greek names attached to their species names. The Morphos butterflies carried names such as helena, achilles, cypris, and hecuba.

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