Victoria Butterfly Gardens
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The '''Victoria Butterfly Gardens''' is located in the [[Greater Victoria]] region of [[Brentwood Bay, British Columbia|Brentwood Bay]] and is one of the most popular tourist sites in the Victoria area. The Victoria Butterfly Gardens is known for having different species of [[butterflies]] and [[moths]] in their indoor facility, as well as, different species of [[birds]] and [[fishes]]. The gardens opens daily except for the winter months of November, December and January, because they will not have the sunlight and temperature to keep the butterflies and moths alive.
==Environment==
The indoor [[Butterfly Zoo|facility]] of the gardens is computer-controlled to maintain the temperature, light, mist, cooling and humdity of the simulated 12,000 square foot [[rainforest]]. The environment of the simulated indoor-rainforest has over 250 species of tropical plants, which includes carnivorous plants and a water fall that connects to the meandering stream.
* [http://www.butterflygardens.com/photolog/index_plants.php The Garden's plant encyclopedia]
==Butterflies==
The Victoria Butterfly Gardens have 35 different species (2,000 - 2,400 in population) of butterflies and moths that fly, eat and lay eggs, freely inside the indoor facility. Visitors to the gardens can watch the nursery window and view the butterflies emerging from the [[Pupa#Chrysalis|chrysalis]], which is around 350-400 emerging butterflies, per week, that are captive-bred and shipped by butterfly farms from [[Costa Rica]], [[Malaysia]] and [[London, England]].
The plants in the gardens are known as "host" and "food" plants for the butterflies. The "host plants" are used by butterflies to lay their eggs, outside of the nursery window. The "food plants" are used by butterflies to feed on, after they emerge from their chrysalis. However, the staff of the Victoria Butterfly Gardens feed the butterflies trays of fruits, which are hanged around the environment.
* [http://www.butterflygardens.com/photolog/index.php The Garden's butterfly encyclopedia]
==Birds and Fish==
In the streams of the gardens is home to two varieties of [[carp]]. The most notable and largest in the stream is the [[koi]]. The koi share the streams with their distant carp cousins, the [[goldfish]].
All over the gardens, there are different kinds of birds. Some of them share the air and fly amongst the butterflies, some swim in the streams with the fish.
The birds of the gardens are popular attractions, because of their antics and behaviours that rises the entertainment value for the visitors.
The most popular birds in the gardens is "Bungy", the [[Sulphur Crested Cockatoo]] and "Spike", the [[Puna Ibis]], both of whom usually interact or show off their behaviours to visitors.
Other such birds at the gardens include, the [[Violet Plantain Eater]] and the [[Caribbean Flamingo|Caribbean]] or American [[Flamingo]]
* [http://www.butterflygardens.com/photolog/index_birdsfish.php The Garden's birds encyclopedia]
==External links==
* [http://www.butterflygardens.com/ Official website]
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