The Butterfly Pavilion ~ Claremont, CA

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Live butterfly vivarium open to the public, all summer til the end of July:

rsabg.org/events-upcoming/581-butterfly-pavilion

We are using only California native butterflies for this exhibit. Great photo opps for photographers! Here are my photos from last year:
cthompson.zenfolio.com/bp

We are open 7 days a week until the end of July. We have a self-sustaining colony of the California Dogface inside the enclosure with the host plant growing inside.

Hope to see you there!

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[lepidofrance]

Great idea to show ONLY native butterflies. Of course, the californian fauna is very beautiful with a great diversity.

In Europe, live butterflies vivarium present only tropical butterflies, always the same species, all together (african, asiatic, neotropical).

As far I know, a single exception : the Digne Butterfly Garden in South-East of France where flies (in liberty) only native species. See :

www.proserpine.org/jardin.php

Some time ago I gave a small conference (with photos) to the inhabitants of a small village in Normandy about the butterflies flying around: people were surprised to discover that species, however, fly 100 meters from their door. They have to learn about the "butterfly next door" !

Show butterflies of California in California is really a great initiative!

Congratulations for the pictures of butterflies (and moths) made ​​in 2011!

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Here's the beginning of my Butterfly Pavilion photos for this season:
cthompson.zenfolio.com/bp2012

I will be adding more as the season progresses.