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BUTTERFLY CANOPY, LIVE WEBCAM

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  • Location: Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, Florida, USA
  • Source: www.floridamuseum.ufl
  • Info: Live webcam featuring the Butterfly Rainforest Exhibit at the Florida Museum of Natural History. The camera is mounted high up in the tree tops showing the free flying butterflies.
    There are about 17,500 species of butterflies in the world, and around 750 species in the United States.



more ifo: The butterfly exhibit displays more than 50 species of butterfly at any given time. Because some butterflies are seasonal, the species in the exhibit change throughout the year. Watch out for lacewings, swallowtails, morphos and charaxes of all colours.

Video showing a beautiful Monarch butterfly eating nectar in flowers:



Additional information:
  • A-Z of butterflies - Butterfly Conservation - butterfly-conservation.org
  • All about butterflies - Cambridge Butterfly Conservatory - www.cambridgebutterfly.com