LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – Visitors are getting an up-close look at one of nature’s most colorful insects.
The Science Spectrum’s ‘Butterfly Alive Exhibit’ is back for its third year, giving everyone the chance to walk around with over a thousand live butterflies.
The exhibit features exotic butterfly species not typically found in the region. Holly Moyers, the Science Spectrum’s events and marketing assistant, said the experience stands apart from other local offerings.
“This is a super-unique opportunity, I feel like Lubbock doesn’t really have anything like this. A lot of the butterflies we have in here are exotic butterflies, so they are not going to be ones you see in your backyard every day,” Moyers said. “So it’s a really special opportunity for people to get to see things they don’t get to see every day.”
What visitors can expect
Families, students and nature lovers can watch butterflies land on flowers — and sometimes on visitors themselves. Moyers said the exhibit is designed to be both interactive and educational.
“You get to see them emerge from their chrysalis all the way to fluttering around the greenhouse, which is really cool,” Moyers said.
Moyers said that the exhibit changes with each visit.
“Every single time you come to this exhibit, no matter if it’s today or two weeks from now, you are going to see almost an entirely different exhibit. I think that’s why people are really excited to see all of the colors, all of the different kinds. We are going to have some really small butterflies to really big butterflies like atlas moths so that is going to be really fun,” Moyers said.
Monarch butterfly film to be shown at Omni Theater
After touring the exhibit, visitors can learn about the monarch butterfly’s migration in the Science Spectrum’s Omni Theater.
“We do also have a butterfly movie in our Omni Theater called ‘Flight of the Butterflies.’ It’s about the migration of monarchs across North America, so that’s pretty cool,” Moyers said.
The Butterflies Alive Exhibit opened on Saturday, March 14, and is open to the public through June 28.
Admission is on a first-come first-serve basis. To learn more about the exhibit or to find ticket prices, click here.
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