These photos are from my March 25 volunteer shift at Dow Gardens’ annual Butterflies in Bloom exhibit, where I tend the emergence cases.

A blue morpho, so named because the top side of the wings is a beautiful blue. They also have a lovely flight pattern:

A Julia, with spotted eyes:

I like the body patterning and yellow antennae:

A view from the back side of an emergence case:

A pair of magnificent owls hanging from their chrysalises:

A rusty-tipped page:

A blue morpho and a hecale longwing:

Sunny spots attract lots of fluttery friends:

A paper kite:

Another view from the back side of an emergence case: