Aug 1st, 2013

An Insider's View of Butterflies LIVE!

by Jonah Holland

by Sally Stockslager, Assistant Butterfly Curator, Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
monarch catterpillar and chrysalid

monarch transforming

The transformation

As an assistant butterfly curator in the house of butterflies aka  Butterflies LIVE!  I wear many hats. Sometimes I am a  gardener, teacher or butterfly body guard. The variety in my job lends to many interesting observations.  The hot, humid conditions are designed with the butterflies (not humans) in mind. I help people to understand they are a visitor in the butterflies home and to be a good visitor by being careful where they step. I love showing them all the amazing things going on, if they take the time to observe.

Look at what I saw on Saturday:  I imagine this caterpillar saying, “I hope someday I will be as beautiful as you!”
“Wow miracles do happen! I will be just as beautiful as you…..  now I am hanging with my peers.”

monarch chrysalids

Monarch chrysalids in the Butterflies LIVE! exhibit.

About Jonah Holland

Jonah Holland is Digital Content Manager at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, where she has worked for 14 years overseeing social media, the blog, and the website. She is also a mom, yogi, open water swimmer, gardener, and seeker. She's been known to go for a walk in the Garden and come back with hundreds of plant photos, completely inspired to write her next blog post.

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