“This exhibit is a Huge Success – people love it!”
“Butterfly Odyssey is amazing – and we are so excited to have it!”
Small Wings, Big Impact
Can a butterfly save the rainforest? Journey into the jungle and try to survive as a wild butterfly. Discover how tropical butterfly farming protects the environment, supports locals, and helps people all over the world. Along the way, uncover other sustainable rainforest enterprises that impact your daily life.
SLIDESHOW

Butterfly Odyssey

A Journey to Save the Rainforest

Sustainability Puzzle
Piece together sustainable and unsustainable rainforest practices.

Sampling the Bounty
See if you can identify common rainforest products by their scents.

Q&A Program
Answer questions correctly to follow on the path to sustainable butterfly farming.

Farmed or Wild
Test your luck as a wild tropical butterfly.

Time to Fly!
Take flight as a farmed butterfly!

Predator Wheel
Licked by a Lizard! Bitten by a Bird! What threats lurk in the wild for tropical butterflies?

Climbing Web
Can you escape the sticky web of a spider?

Spider Web Peek-a-Boo
See who’s caught in your web!

Hairy Plant Attack
The hooked hairs of Passion Flowers keep them safe from munching mouths of caterpillars.

Try not to get trapped!

Peek from an Egg
to see your caterpillar friends.

Leaf Climb
Crawl and climb on the life-sized leaves of your favorite host plant.

Caterpillar Feed
Caterpillars are picky eaters!

Toss their favorite ‘lunch bags’ into the mouths of the correct caterpillar.

Host Plant & Egg Hunt
Caterpillars and adult butterflies need different flowers to survive. Match them all to see what each picky eater prefers.

Climb-In Pupa Pods
Climb into a chrysalis to experience metamorphosis first hand.

And grab a perfect photo in the process.

Pupa Pick ‘n Pack
Race against the clock and see how quickly you can fill these butterfly shipping orders.

Triple Bottom Line
Spin the wheel to search for inspiring businesses balancing people, profit, and planet.

Discover 8 sustainability stories like fair trade programs and sustainably sourced coffee, fruits and forest products.

Caterpillar Tunnel
Complete your journey through a giant monarch larva tunnel.























GALLERY SIZE
2,000 to 4,000 sq ft
Customized to fit your space
LOCATIONS
McWane Science Center
Houston Museum of Natural Science at Sugar Land
Delaware Museum of Natural History
Discovery Center – Ocala, FL
Butterfly Pavilion, CO
Washington State Fair
Sloan Museum of Discovery
Midland County Public Library
Pacific Science Center
Sacramento County Fair
Pacific Science Center
Science Museum of Minnesota