Pictures from Butterfly Gardens in Victoria, B.C.

I managed to get a few pictures of the beautiful butterflies at Butterfly Gardens in Victoria, B.C. I was there for the first Canadian Round Up April 1-5. This is the only one I could find in my butterfly book...it's a Zebra Longwings.

This is an Atlas Moth. It was incredible....so large.

Sorry, I don't know the names of the rest. I hope that's okay. Maybe someone with a better identification book than the one I have could help out.

It was difficult to get them to pose even though they were inside.

It's amazing how many were black, orange and white.

Another.

And another.

There were some beautiful big blue ones that I spent a great deal of time trying to get a picture of but they didn't land very often and when they did, they closed their wings immediately. I think this is one feeding....with his wings closed up of course. He's still pretty mind you but he looks a bit damaged.

This one was very striking.

This one had it's wings closed up too but is still pretty.

What gorgeous butterflies....one and all!! And of course that Atlas Moth is stunning! :-) Thank you for sharing these with us.

-Julie

You're welcome Julie. It took awhile for my camera to stop fogging up with the humidity. This one is beautiful but unfortunately it's rather foggy.

One more.

I took a few pictures of the chrysalises. They have them in glass cases and there were butterflies emerging all the time.

Another picture of the chrysalises.

And the last one.

Here's a picture that gives a bit of an idea what it's like inside the gardens.

Thanks for posting these photos, Sandy. It took me back to that visit at the Butterfly Gardens all over again. It was a gorgeous place. I, too, wish we could have gotten some snaps of those beautiful Blue Morphs. But they were just too quick and elusive. Great photos though. :)

Thanks Donna. I loved it there and am so glad we went.

Fabulous pictures Sandy. Wasn't that the most amazing place. I just loved it.

nightowl2
Sandy, great pcitures!! My camera was fogging up when we were there..Glad to see your camera held out, with these fantastic shots.Thanks, for sharing!!
Ingrid

You're welcome Ingrid. I was tellling a friend of mine about the fogging up problem. She's an avid photographer and said that the secret to not having your camera fog up in a humid environment like that, is to put it in a plastic bag before you go inside. After a bit the camera will be the same temperature as the inside of the building and you can take it out of the bag and take pictures. I don't know if it works but it sounds reasonable. I hope I remember to try that if the situation ever arises again.

Sandy

nightowl2
Thanks Sandy, will have to try that out-forsure..Never fails thou just when your trying to do something and can miss the moment.Glad you were there to share what we saw.
Ingrid

Wonderful pics. I really enjoyed my visit to the Butterfly World at Christmas.

Thanks for sharing this.

Very nice! They all posed very nice for you too! I like the way they have the chrysalis's set up.

Thanks. Ya, I liked the way they had the chrysalises arranged so you could compare the different types and watch butterflies emerge.

Here's another picture of the atlas moth. It said that they may have period of up to 3 years in the chrysalis and only live 5 days.

and here's one of the Blue Morphos with it's wings down so you can see the blue. it really was stunning compared to the brown on the other side.

this green one was very bright as well

here's one that i don't kow the name of, I don't know the name of most of them, but this vine is the vine that Lilypon has been trying to find for a couple of years. It was huge and I've never seen anything like it before.

blue morpho, with wings closed on the bottom of a bunch of bananas

this red hibiscus was absolutley huge, at least 6" across, and vibrant! Some of my photos are from last summer, but it's the same place we were all at.

Ladies your pics are WONDERFUL!!! I'm so glad that you were able to capture the beauty of so many of the butterflies there! Ü

The brightness seems to have confused the camera's meter! Wow.

Nice pictures Linda. You managed to get one of the Blue Morphos with it's wings open...wow!

Lynn should have some butterfly pictures to add to the collection too.