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Minnesota Zoo’s Aveda Butterfly Garden to Open June 19
Apple Valley, MINN – June 16, 2010 – The Minnesota Zoo’s annual Aveda Butterfly Garden, featuring more than 40 species of North American butterflies and moths ranging from the well-known Monarch to the Sleepy Orange, opens for the season on Saturday, June 19 (weather permitting). Zoo guests can join hundreds of colorful butterflies fluttering in a lush, green environment that includes a small stream and diversity of plants. The exhibit demonstrates the butterfly life cycle, including stages as a caterpillar, chrysalis or cocoon, and adult. Zoo staff and volunteers will explain butterfly “duties” including pollination, and egg-laying. The Aveda Butterfly Garden will be open daily through Sept. 6 (weather permitting) from 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. and is located at the end of the Tropics Trail path. Entrance to the garden is free with regular Zoo admission. Visit the Minnesota Zoo’s website at mnzoo.org for a printable identification chart of some of the beautiful butterflies you will see in the garden. The Minnesota Zoo is located in Apple Valley, just minutes south of Mall of America. For more information, call 952.431.9500 or visit mnzoo.org. The Minnesota Zoo is an accredited member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) and an institutional member of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA).
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