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Where can you go to learn more about butterflies? A great place to observe and study Lepidoptera is at a butterfly house, where live butterflies are in an enclosure and you can walk through their habitat. Or you can visit a public butterfly garden to see live butterflies visiting native plants. These exhibits educate and encourage people to support the creation and preservation of native butterfly habitats. The following places to visit are arranged alphabetically by state.

Alabama Illinois New Jersey South Carolina
Arizona Iowa New York South Dakota
Colorado Kansas North Carolina Texas
Delaware Massachusetts Ohio Washington
Florida Michigan Oklahoma Washington D.C.
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South Carolina

Clemson University Butterfly House The Butterfly House is a butterfly garden enclosed in a 30'x30' screen house structure. The Butterfly House contains plants that provide either nectar for adult butterflies or food for their caterpillars. It has been designed specifically to include host plants for the following common butterfly species: Black Swallowtail, Silver-spotted Skipper, Long-tailed Skipper, Gulf Fritillary, Variegated Fritillary, Painted Lady, Monarch and Buckeye. Phone 864-656-5041. 
Cypress Gardens Butterfly House

Native butterflies flutter among hundreds of flowers, and birds fly above as you walk through the enchanting Cypress Gardens Butterfly House. The 2,500 square foot building features various species of butterflies, turtles and birds. There are several information signs to help visitors identify the butterflies, caterpillars and host plants. Cypress Gardens Road, SC. Phone 843-553-0515.

Roper Mountain Butterfly Garden
The Greater Greenville Master Gardeners maintain the butterfly garden at Roper Mountain Science Center. In 2002, it was certified a National Wildlife Federation Schoolyard Habitat. Greenville, SC. Phone 864-281-1188.

South Dakota

Sertoma Butterfly House By the Noon Sertoma Club, an international service organization. All of our hundreds of butterflies roam free in our flight room so if you are lucky and are wearing an attractive color of clothing you too might have a close encounter with one of our butterflies! Sioux Falls, SD 605-334-9466.

Texas

Butterfly Haus at Wildseed Farms Thrill to the miracle of live butterflies native to Texas at the newest Butterfly exhibit in the state! Walk amongst butterflies feeding and flying in the 3,000 square foot exhibit. seven miles east of Fredericksburg Texas. Phone 800-848-0078.
The Cockerell Butterfly Center The Cockerell Butterfly Center at the Houston Museum of Natural Science is a stunning, living exhibit that showcases hundreds of live butterflies in a naturalistic rainforest setting. Housed in a three-story glass structured rain forest that is home to exotic live butterflies, insects and plants. One Herman Circle Drive, Houston, TX. Phone 713-639-4678.
Texas Discovery Gardens A seasonal butterfly house opening Sept 2007 which will be open year round by 2009. Also a lovely butterfly garden. 3601 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Dallas, Texas 75210. Phone 214-428-7476.

 

Washington

Tropical Butterfly House and Insect Village Even if the weather outside is frightful, you will find it delightful inside the Tropical Butterfly House where temperatures are always a balmy 80 degrees and the humidity near 80 percent. Surrounded by tropical flora, stroll down a garden path while nearly 1,000 colorful butterflies flutter freely around you. Seattle, WA, Pacific Science Center.

Washington, D.C.

The Smithsonian Butterfly Habitat Garden The Butterfly Garden at the Smithsonian was installed in the summer of 1995. Once a typical strip of urban land this space has been transformed into a beautiful urban habitat for butterflies as well as many other creatures. Smithsonian Institute, National Museum of Natural History, Tenth and Constitution Avenues, NW, Washington, DC. Phone 202-673-4717.

Wisconsin

Beaver Creek Reserve The Butterfly House lets you walk among and interact with a variety of native Wisconsin butterflies in their natural environment. Don't be surprised if you discover that a butterfly has gently landed on your shoulder or arm. Different species are prevalent at different times throughout the summer, so you'll want to return often to experience the beauty and magic of butterflies. Cty Hwy K, Fall Creek, WI 54742. Phone 715-877-2212.
Milwaukee Public Museum The Milwaukee Public Museum has a permanent butterfly farm exhibit filled with live butterflies.  Come and visit and get lost in a tropical forest. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Phone 414-278-2700.

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