Watch Amazing Butterflies At Florida Museum - HULIQ
In "Amazing Butterflies," visitors experience the challenges of being a caterpillar as it morphs into a beautiful butterfly through a hands-on human maze of larger-than-life leaves, grass and trees. Along the way, they discover the ways caterpillars move, what they eat and how other creatures help them achieve their transformation.
"The timing of 'Amazing Butterflies' couldn't be better, since summer is when our local butterflies are most active and people can watch their magical lifecycle unfold in their own backyards," said Florida Museum exhibits director Darcie MacMahon.
The adventure begins as visitors look through eggs to see caterpillar friends climbing on leaves and beginning to feed. Families can learn to crawl like a caterpillar by slipping into a set of caterpillar legs and using teamwork and locomotion to sprint for the finish line. Visitors will discover why carpenter ants in Panama defend metalmark caterpillars from parasitic wasps and other predators, and feed a caterpillar its lunch through team games and contests.