Resources For Educators: The Butterfly Conservatory

[Beat of a musical instrument. Two fluttering orange-and-black butterflies near the same leaf, one sitting, one flying. A yellow butterfly lands amid foliage.]

Voice of Hazel Davies: Come visit the tropics at the American Museum of Natural History's Butterfly Conservatory,

[Close-up on one butterfly, focus change, another butterfly in the foreground appears.] 

where you can walk through lush green foliage

[A striped butterfly sits on a different leaf.]

and blooming tropical flowers,

[Close-up of chrysalises hanging in a row, first a row of brown, then a row of green.]

all while learning about the butterfly life cycle, how butterflies live, and

[Several different butterflies flutter around leaves of a plant.]

why they're important in the environment.

[Close-up of a yellow-and-black butterfly hanging on a plant.]

There are over 500 individual butterflies at any time in the Conservatory,

[Wide shot of conservatory, with fluttering butterflies amid greenery.]

representing over 100 species, from countries as far-flung as Thailand, Brazil,

[Several butterflies fluttering around, landing on, or sitting in the feeding discs.]

Kenya, Australia, and beyond.

[Slow-motion of a sitting butterfly flapping its wings. Another butterfly flutters in the green. A third butterfly lands on the edge of a feeding disk. Another sits on a leaf. A pair of other butterflies flutter around a plant, others are shown sitting on leaves, showing variety of species referred to in voiceover.]

Meet species like the cruiser, longwing, julia, paperkite, and owl butterfly.

[A large butterfly shown sitting on an outstretched arm.]

One may even land on you. Find your favorite butterfly out of hundreds.

[Butterfly sitting on a feeding disk takes off. A close-up on a sitting butterfly.]

at the American Museum of Natural History's Butterfly Conservatory.

[Text on screen: Plan your visit to the Butterfly Conservatory today. www.amnh.org/butterflies]