Lots of things to see this summer ..

Now that we've been open four months, our own butterfly breeding programme coming into full flow, helping to boost the numbers that we import.  Our first Blue Morphos are emerging this week. The Postman, small postman, zebra and Ismenius longwings are all busy eating down our Passion vines.  Also on the way are dozens of Owl caterpillars and a few of the Purple Mort Bleu butterfly (Eryphanis).

We have four species of moths out this week - an impressive male Comet moth, several of our own Indian moon moths, two giant atlas moths that are currently pairing and a new species called the Senagalese Emperor Moth.  We also have the strange Brahmea moth caterpillars with their twisted, wiry outgrowths and one of the fastest growing caterpillars we ever display. 

We are currently making a CITES application to import some Golden Birdwing pupae (Troides rhadamantus) from the Philippines.  These are huge black and yellow butterflies that are rarely seen in displays.