Roston Native Butterfly House – June 2025
/Of course there are butterflies in the Roston Native Butterfly House…
But this post is focused more on caterpillars. The cecropia moth
Has very large caterpillars which are the stars of the caterpillar table!
The luna moths (male with feathery antennae and the female with more thread like antennae)
Also have large caterpillars but they are not quite as large or colorful.
The tiger swallowtail caterpillars have fake eye spots. They are often on the tulip poplar tree in the butterfly house…at eye level with many adult visitors. We sometimes move a caterpillar on the table so that the children can see it more easily.
Learning about caterpillars – and their importance in the environment as food for other creatures (particularly young birds) - is part of the butterfly house experience.
