Get close to butterflies... and scary spiders!WHATEVER the weather stroll through the wonderful world of an exotic rainforest - a lush landscape of tropical blossom surrounding splashing waterfalls and fish-filled pools. Stratford Butterfly Farm Stratford Butterfly Farm is a visitor attraction in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England.[1] A leafy tropical environment is simulated inside greenhouses. There are numerous free flying butterflys, a few free flying birds, a pool containing fish, and running water. gives you the opportunity to watch hundreds of the world's most spectacular and colourful butterflies flying and feeding in the tropical garden A tropical garden features tropical plants and requires good rainfall or a decent irrigation or sprinkler system for watering. These gardens typically need fertilizer and heavy mulching. The tropical garden is no longer exclusive to tropical areas. . While there you can also see the butterfly's amazing life cycle in the Caterpillar Room, observe the fascinating and strange in Insect City, or get close to the deadly and dangerous in Arachnoland. In the Caterpillar Room, some of the world's largest, spikiest, hairiest and most camouflaged caterpillars are on show with cocoons, giant silkmoths and shining pupae hanging on the plants. Insect City boasts an exceptional range of insects, safely behind glass and easy to see. The leaf-cutter ants walk above your head on their tireless mission to get leaves and the minibeast section has giant millipedes, snails and crabs. Arachnoland houses more than 15 types of spider and scorpion. From the tiny black widow black widow, poisonous spider of the genus Latrodectus, found throughout North and South America and common in the SW United States. The name derives from the fact that the female, like those of many other spider species, may eat the male after mating. to tarantulas with a span greater than 200 mm, all are safely behind glass. In addition, there is a special exhibit which shows large imperial scorpions glowing in the dark - not to be missed! Stratford Butterfly Farm, in Swan's Nest Lane, Stratford, is open from 10am to 6pm. It is a five-minute walk from the town centre, over the River Avon footbridge, opposite the Royal Shakespeare Theatre The Royal Shakespeare Theatre is a large national theatre owned by the Royal Shakespeare Company dedicated to the British playwright and poet William Shakespeare, and is located in his birthplace of Stratford-upon-Avon, in the English Midlands. . The signs will take you from the footbridge to the entrance. For more information call 01789 299288 or visit www. butterflyfarm.co.uk |
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