Warm Winter Wednesday

Perfect weather with a high of 64 degrees. This is what we Las Vegans live for. :)

 Blue Plumbago flowers

 

 Alyssum flowers have a beautiful fragrance

 

 Surprised to see several painted lady butterfliews still active in the gardens

 

 I love seeing the bees roll about in the blanket flowers

 

 Still researching these unusual pink flowers

 

Beautiful golden daisies

Thursday Photo Dump :)

 

November brings some cooler temperatures to the Las Vegas valley so I am trying to get as many shots in before it becomes sweater weather. :)

 

 Wilson's Warbler

 



 Autumn Sage

 

 Isabella's longwing

 

 Painted lady butterflys have the cutest faces!

 

I love plant leaf textures



Beauties and the Beasts

It's official! The Springs Preserve butterfly habitat in Las Vegas is now open! 500 painted lady and mourning cloak butterflies were released inside on September 18, 2014. It was an amazing amount of work to complete, but the end results are stunning. Here are a few shots of our painted lady butterflies as well as some large desert hairy scorpions that I had to relocate from one of the public areas on site. I love the diversity of my workplace. :)

 Painted lady on one of the fountains

 

 I love the pink and gold lantana in the butterfly habitat

 

 Painted lady on a daisy

 

 Minutes after release this lady was enjoying stretching her wings

 

The Desert hairy scorpion has a sting that is about as painful as a honey bee sting unlike the bark scorpion which is smaller but has a sting that is more like liquid fire.

 

 These guys were not too happy about being relocated

 

I love that the tub used to capture and hold my scorpion friends had a sticker that said "Time to Reorder". :)