LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – Visitors are getting an up-close look at one of nature\u2019s most colorful insects.<\/p>\n
The Science Spectrum\u2019s \u2018Butterfly Alive Exhibit\u2019 is back for its third year, giving everyone the chance to walk around with over a thousand live butterflies.<\/p>\n
The exhibit features exotic butterfly species not typically found in the region. Holly Moyers, the Science Spectrum\u2019s events and marketing assistant, said the experience stands apart from other local offerings.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a super-unique opportunity, I feel like Lubbock doesn\u2019t 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,\u201d Moyers said. \u201cSo it\u2019s a really special opportunity for people to get to see things they don\u2019t get to see every day.\u201d<\/p>\n
What visitors can expect<\/p>\n
Families, students and nature lovers can watch butterflies land on flowers \u2014 and sometimes on visitors themselves. Moyers said the exhibit is designed to be both interactive and educational.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou get to see them emerge from their chrysalis all the way to fluttering around the greenhouse, which is really cool,\u201d Moyers said.<\/p>\n
Moyers said that the exhibit changes with each visit.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery single time you come to this exhibit, no matter if it\u2019s today or two weeks from now, you are going to see almost an entirely different exhibit. I think that\u2019s 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,\u201d Moyers said.<\/p>\n
Monarch butterfly film to be shown at Omni Theater<\/p>\n
After touring the exhibit, visitors can learn about the monarch butterfly\u2019s migration in the Science Spectrum\u2019s Omni Theater.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe do also have a butterfly movie in our Omni Theater called \u2018Flight of the Butterflies.\u2019 It\u2019s about the migration of monarchs across North America, so that\u2019s pretty cool,\u201d Moyers said.<\/p>\n
The Butterflies Alive Exhibit opened on Saturday, March 14, and is open to the public through June 28.<\/p>\n