At the festival 'J'ing butterfly caterpillars will be placed where you can watch them pupate into a chrysalis. Chrysalises will be placed where you can what adult butterflies emerge. Bring your camera!

There are signs to show when they are close to pupating and close to emerging. Since they hang for about 24 hours and they start to color up hours before they emerge, it helps to know when to watch closely.

The new exhibit is almost finished! Measuring 30' x 50', The exhibit will be filled with nectar plants and hundreds of Florida native butterflies. Some of the species flying are Monarch, Red Admiral, Great Southern White, Zebra Longwing, Gulf Fritillary, Julia, Spicebush, Palamedes, Zebra Swallowtail, Buckeye, White Peacock, Black Swallowtail, Sleepy Orange, Cloudless Sulphur, Skippers, and Duskywings.

We encourage you to visit the Butterfly Rainforest in Gainesville to experience exotic species of butterflies. The Rainforest flies hundreds of butterflies from many countries.

Take the Plant Propagation Class ($10) and take home the cuttings you chose and started on their process to becoming plants for your garden. If you are unable to attend the festival, we can ship Batface to your door! Simply contact us for more information.

Batface is one of the dozens of plants you can choose to take cuttings from in the plant propagation class. If you choose not to take the class, these plants are also available from our website or at our nursery at the farm.

Make your own butterfly vivarium. Put together a plant and caterpillar (White Peacocks are in the photo above) in an enclosed temporary habitat to take home. Watch the caterpillar turn into a chrysalis and the adult butterfly emerge! Then plant your plant into your garden to attract and grow more butterflies. You will have a choice of several butterfly species. $15

If you cannot attend the festival and would like to order a vivarium, we can ship several species to you. If you are in Florida, we are able to ship at this time; White Peacock, Buckeye, Monarch, Red Admiral, and Painted Lady. More species will be available at the festival.

Bring your plants to swap or give away. Then visit our plant vendors and purchase more plants!

If you purchase a host plant for a species of butterfly in the exhibit, you can take your plant into the exhibit ($2) and we will encourage butterflies to lay eggs on your host plant.

The plant pictured here, golden dewdrops, is one of the dozens of choices of plants from which you can take cuttings in the plant propagation class.

Do you have extra butterfly or moth eggs, caterpillars, and/or chrysalises you'd like to trade or give away? If you are a Florida resident, bring them to the festival!

The Critter Swap will be the place to go. Trades or give-aways only! These are not to be sold at the festival.

If you cannot find the species you would like to swap for, ask to see if we have it at the farm. We will have eggs, caterpillars, chrysalises, and adult butterflies available for purchase at the festival.

Pre-purchase your eggs, caterpillars, chrysalises, plants, vivariums, or other items! We can pre-package them for easy pick-up when you are at the festival. Phone 877- 485-2458 or email edith@buyabutterfly.com for more information.