Festival of Butterflies 2013

Marcia Norwood, America's Storyteller
Telling Untold Stories in Photographs, Prose and Public Speaking

All Photos Copyright 2013 Marcia Norwood

Powell Gardens, a not-for-profit botanical garden, east of Kansas City, Missouri, boasts that it's possible to see as many as 500 butterflies at any one time during the 2013 Festival of Butterflies...including 20 species from the American tropics, and fascinating moths from around the world.  

Here are some of my favorite photos of my stroll through

 the Butterfly Conservatory, the Butterfly Breezeway,

the Perennial Garden and Wildflower Meadow...

during the 2013 Festival of Butterflies at Powell Gardens.

 

Perennial Garden

 

Perennial Garden

This Atlas moth (the world's largest moth)  is REAL, and it's as big as my hand! (Butterfly Conservatory)

Black Swallowtail outside in Butterfly Gardens

Atlas Moth at the Butterfly Conservatory

Butterfly Breezeway

 

Do you see BOTH moths?  One is above on the moss/tree, and one is feeding on fruit in the tray.

Metamorphosis:  Pupa (Chrysalis) Butterfly Conservatory

Live Larva (Caterpillar) in Butterfly Breezeway

  

Metamorphosis Under Glass:  Butterfly Conservatory

  

 

 

 

Zebra Swallowtail (Butterfly Breezeway)

 Do you see THREE moths on the tree?

Do you see the THREE moths on the tree?

 

Visitors are handed cards that identify the butterflies and moths.  

Madagascar Moon "Comet" Moth and Sunset Moths are considered the most beautiful butterfly or moth in the world.

 

 

 

Marjorie Powell Allen Chapel

Wisteria vines twist around cedar pillars at water's edge in the Perennial Garden.

There's a comfortable chair in the shade waiting for you.

Thanks for stopping by!

Come again, and bring a friend.

Marcia Norwood, America's STORYTELLER
Email:  marcia.norwood@sbcglobal.net