Here are some more photos of my behind the scenes look at Butterflies LIVE! These photos show Grant Howell and Jay Forehand attaching the pupae to box tops. Each pupae is glued to a piece of paper which is then glued to the box tops using a hot glue gun. (The process does not damage them, so no butterflies were harmed in the process.) This method is necessary because when the tops are placed on the boxes the pupae are able to hang down as they would naturally. It is difficult to predict when the butterflies will emerge, each will take as much time as it needs. When the butterflies finally do emerge they will be in the boxes until they are released into the Conservatory for the start of Butterflies LIVE! beginning May 25th.
~Garrett McLees
