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Woman’s Club Conservation chairman arranged for member to “Visit to the Farm!” to learn about how insects, or the lack there of, effect our daily lives.
Below members are greeted in the shop area.
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- Blair welcomes members
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- Members are interested in the purposes of the butterfly farm.
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- Members get an understanding about the butterfly farms operations
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- Members listen and learn
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- Blair explains what the club members will be seeing.
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- A quick look as members move forward on the tour.
WCSM Members Explore the outside areas of the Butterfly Farm
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- Blair address members inquirees
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- Members Explore the Butterfuly Enclosure
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- Members ask questions
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- Owner Blair Leano-Helvey Shares Inforamtion
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- A very attentive group
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- Having the right plants is important
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- Explaining the Garden in the encloser
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- Plantes inside the Butterfly Enclosure
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- More questions & answers
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- Catipillars spinning cocoons
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- Butterflys emerging from cocoons
Below WCSM Members Get One-on-One with some Interesting Insects
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- Group Home?
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- Not a stick your looking at.
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- Blair shows a member how to hold the insect
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- A brave Woman’s Club member
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- A BIG bug!!!
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- This is a ‘walkative” critter!
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- Giving a guy a “arm” up?
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- Mating Season?
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- Just Hanging Around!
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- Ugly looking dude.
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- Blair show a smaller insect
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- Lots of legs on this guy.
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- Beetles? or Extra Large Roaches?
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- Growing containers
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- Butterflies in the making
Some Interesting Displays
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- What a BIG bug!
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- A large specimen on display.
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- Large butterflies
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- Not your average bug.
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- Bigger in person.
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- Spiders!
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- Buttlerflies of all kinds
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- Creepy Crawly !!
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- A very large and hairy spider.
Members browse the gift shop
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- Blair chats with a club member
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- Interesting Jewelry
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- Lots of things to choose from
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- Members make selections
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- Club members can’t resist a good purchase
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- Happy the she came!
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