Ann and Jeff have been working extremely hard to get the Butterfly Tunnel ready for the new butterflies, everything must be perfect for them to survive. There are some new photographs in the gallery of the progress.
(take a look & leave a comment!)
The small team have worked very hard, digging over solid ground to create flower beds and Shane has been cutting wood to make a wonderful frame for the trellis to be fixed too, this will give our climbing plants somewhere to go! Hundreds of plants have been planted inside the tunnel by our Residents, Staff & Volunteers. The tunnel has been re-netted with special netting and a irrigation system has been fitted, there is also a heater and a fan which have been installed.
Jeff has made a cupboard for the butterfly to hatch out in, we are calling it the Butterfly Tardiest (B.T) (Like in Doctor Who) there is a special heater in this B.T keeping it to a constant 25c, allowing the butterfly to be warm enough to hatch.
Yesterday the pupae arrived at the centre and Ann and Jeff were hard at work, to ensure the butterflies will have everything that they need to survive. Lots of planting has taken place, with lots of bright and beautiful plants.
Ann spent her afternoon gluing the pupae to canes inside a specially built heat cupboard; the pupae would have hung from tree in it’s natural habitat.
To see how the pupae look hanging in the cupboard take a look at the Rare Breeds Gallery!
The Butterfly Pupae arrived at the Rare Breeds Centre this morning, Please take a look at the Rare Breeds Gallery to see how the Butterfly Pupae was packaged. It was delivered by Royal Mail!! I have also posted some photographs of the Pupae inside the packaging.