Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Numata Longwing chrysalises
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Erato Heliconian chrysalises
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Blue & White Heliconian chrysalises
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Morpho peleides on Elephant Ear
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Fancy Nancy and her sister Jojo share a story at #butterflyfest. Next story is at 2 pm
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Blue Morpho butterfly
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
White Morpho butterfly
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
The wingtip of an Atlas moth resembles a snake's head. Check it out during the Festival of Butterflies, which continues through Sunday, August 10. http://ift.tt/1u1QZUL photo by Terry Case
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
There are only two days left for the 2014 Festival of Butterflies. We hope you can join us! Visit http://ift.tt/1u1QZUL for details. Eastern Tiger Swallowtail photo by Alan Branhagen, Director of Horticulture
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
It's the final weekend for the Festival of Butterflies! See the event schedule at http://ift.tt/1u1QZUL. Photo by Alan Branhagen, Director of Horticulture
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Butterflies galore! Join us for Festival of Butterflies now through Sunday. #butterflyfest
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
The final weekend of the 2014 Festival of Butterflies starts tomorrow at 9 a.m. We have gorgeous tropical milkweed for sale (as shown in this photo) plus native species of milkweed and other butterfly-attracting plants. Plant some milkweed and support the
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Thursday, August 7, is Tripod Photography Day in the butterfly conservatory! From 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., we will allow tripods and monopods in the conservatory. Garden admission plus $5/photographer applies. Alan Branhagen photographed this Cattleheart Swallow
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Monarch on tropical milkweed
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Cattleheart Swallowtail
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Giant Swallowtail
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Fountain Garden w parade
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Pipevine Swallowtail, male
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Monarchs in the caterpillar petting zoo
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Monarchs in the lower breezeway
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Owl butterfly with unique eyespot
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Make an Evening Escape to Powell Gardens this Saturday (mojito and gorgeous butterflies and moths included!). Tickets and details at http://ift.tt/1ujMcOQ.
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Come see the butterflies today! On non-festival days (Aug. 4-7 and 11-14), the indoor butterfly conservatory is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (No other festival activities take place on those days.) The festival continues Aug. 8-10. http://ift.tt/1u1QZUL
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Festival of Butterflies at Powell Gardens
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Atlas moth at Powell Gardens' 2014 Festival of Butterflies
Powell Gardens, Kansas City's botanical garden:
Atlas Moth wingtip close up at Powell Gardens' Festival of Butterflies
