PHOTOS: Butterfly Encounter at Chattahoochee Nature Center
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Butterfly Encounter The Butterfly Encounter is back at the Chattahoochee Nature Center! (Chattahoochee Nature Center)
Butterfly Encounter Visit the nature center’s most popular exhibit and experience the magic of being up close to butterflies through the end of August. (Chattahoochee Nature Center)
Butterfly Encounter Create beautiful memories as you view hundreds of native butterflies in an enclosure bursting with vibrant nectar plants. (Woodoo Photography/Chattahoochee Nature Center)
Butterfly Encounter As you watch these colorful creatures dance from flower to flower, you will even get a chance to feed them with a nectar stick. (Chattahoochee Nature Center)
Butterfly Encounter Butterfly Encounter attendants will be on-hand to help you learn all about these amazing pollinators. (Chattahoochee Nature Center)
Butterfly Encounter The popular Monarch butterfly is known to migrate the longest distance, each year flying from North America down to Mexico. They can travel up to 2,800 miles or more one way! (Chattahoochee Nature Center)
Butterfly Encounter What you may not know is that it only likes to lay eggs on the milkweed plant, and caterpillars only feed on milkweed. If there are no milkweed plants available, the butterfly will not lay its eggs, leading to population decline. (Chattahoochee Nature Center)
Butterfly Encounter For more information on the Butterfly Encounter, visit www.chattnaturecenter.org/special-events/butterfly-encounter/ (Chattahoochee Nature Center)
Butterfly Encounter Here are some more photos of the Butterfly Encounter at the Chattahoochee Nature Center. (Chattahoochee Nature Center)
Butterfly Encounter Here are some more photos of the Butterfly Encounter at the Chattahoochee Nature Center. (Chattahoochee Nature Center)
Butterfly Encounter Here are some more photos of the Butterfly Encounter at the Chattahoochee Nature Center. (Paul D. Peterson/Chattahoochee Nature Center)
Butterfly Encounter Here are some more photos of the Butterfly Encounter at the Chattahoochee Nature Center. (Chattahoochee Nature Center)
Butterfly Encounter Here are some more photos of the Butterfly Encounter at the Chattahoochee Nature Center. (Chattahoochee Nature Center)
Butterfly Encounter Here are some more photos of the Butterfly Encounter at the Chattahoochee Nature Center. (Chattahoochee Nature Center)
Butterfly Encounter Here are some more photos of the Butterfly Encounter at the Chattahoochee Nature Center. (Paul D. Peterson/Chattahoochee Nature Center)
