butterfly world, coconut creek, florida

[xgrafcorex]

didn't even realize this place was there until someone on the boards had posted about seeing their arachnids. went there today and took a lot of pictures! it was a great place to visit.

theres a "laboratory" in the beginning with lots of future butterflies and a few mature ones.

random butterflies in the walk through aviary

eggs?

plants/flowers from their gardens

birds

bug museum

live bugs mostly arachnids

Cupiennius sp.

Grammostola rosea

Damon variegatus

millipedes

Centruroides gracillis

Loxosceles reclusa

water beetles...don't know their name

Argiope argentata

Lasiodora parahybana and its enclosure

they had a number of Pandinus imperator

vinegaroon

Hadrurus arizonensis

Brachypelma albopilosum

Latrodectus mactans with two egg sacs

if you are ever down in that area, i would put some time aside for giving them a visit.

 

[syndicate]

nice pics.looks like a cool place to visit!

 

[lucanidae]

Wow...cool stuff. The Damon is actually D. diadema and the 'water beetles' are Belostomatids genus Lethocerus.

 

[Richard McJimsey]

very cool indeed, i had the option to go there when i was 8, but i chose lion country safari instead

 

[ChrisNCT]

Very nice...Good varity of things in there.

Maybe someday I will build a unique place for people to come and check out displayed exotica.

 

[Strix]

I love the pics and the place looks like a fun place to visit.

I am adding this place to my list of places to go to this year. It's going to be a bit tough since I live on the west coast of florida (north of tampa.)