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All About Bugs & Butterflies

Last week, we went to the Butterfly & Insect Museum - world renowned and located right here in La Ceiba, Honduras.  Thank you, Sara, for the head-up on this... it was well worth the effort to locate!   The museum was started by a US expatriate over 30 years ago.  Since that time, he has collected or traded for tens of thousands of species of butterflies and insects from around the world.   We received a very interesting lesson on a variety of insects.  WOW!



Kerri - this case is from Brazil!  I thought that one in the middle was gorgeous.


These butterflies are as big as a human hand.



Glad to know tarantulas are the same world-wide! All in all, I'd call it a great science lesson!

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Denise said…
The butterflies are beautiful, but it is on your conscience if a couple of these images pop up in my mind as I am trying to fall asleep tonight. Yikes! :)
August 18, 2010 at 2:25 PM
Sara said…
I'm so glad you guys found the bug museum! We have many fond memories of that place. Robert is a storehouse of info on anything insect in Honduras! There were many times we contacted him with various questions about the bugs we came across. A great home school tool! Aren't the rhino beetles fun! We have a pair that Robert framed for us and we brought back to the states. Hope you are able to enjoy many other places while in the city!
God bless!
August 22, 2010 at 5:19 PM
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