Boulder’s neighboring Westminster Butterfly Pavilion is home to many of the famous and beautiful blue morpho butterflies. These blue beauties are both spectacular and fast!  They simply won’t hold still to be photographed. Yesterday was the exception. I set up in a comfortable position, propped on a bench, and waited. I found a spot where the blue butterflies […]

Boulder’s neighboring jungle at the Westminster Butterfly Pavilion hosts the Atlas Moth. One of the quiet joys of living near Boulder is that, even in the dead of winter, you can step into a living jungle. Our near-Boulder neighbor, the Westminster Butterfly Pavilion, has just welcomed an extraordinary guest — the Atlas Moth — and […]

The Boulder Butterfly Series continues just outside the city limits, where tropical color thrives year-round. At the Butterfly Pavilion in neighboring Westminster Colorado the Heliconius melpomene—commonly known as the Postman Butterfly—offers a striking reminder that even on dark days, nature finds a way to shine. The Postman Butterfly is known for its deep black wings […]

Lensworth here next to Boulder, and what better way to spend a Colorado day than wandering through the warm, living wonderland that is the Westminster Butterfly Pavilion? If there is one place where curiosity flutters louder than wings, it’s here – especially when the Pavilion is packed with kids. Their reactions are half the show, […]

This visit to Boulder’s neighbor, the Westminster Butterfly Pavilion, offered more variety and more sheer numbers of butterflies than I’ve seen before. Papilio memnon may be a Chinese Windmill butterfly Zebra Longwing Butterfly, Heliconius charithonia Probiscus in profile on the Zebra Long Wing The proboscis on a butterfly serves as its feeding tube. It is […]

Boulder’s next-door neighbor, Broomfield, is home to the Butterfly Pavilion, and home to Rosie the Spider. Rosie (in a part played by several tarantulas in rotation to avoid tiring them out too much) is held by hundreds of people a day. She has done this for almost 30 years! Without anyone being bitten! Young Dean, […]

Every trip to the Butterfly Pavilion in neighboring Westminster rewards us with a unique experience. This most recent visit presented the most butterflies I’ve seen so far in my many visits. It also offered butterflies intent on posing for the camera when they were not sitting on the flash hot shoe on the top of […]

  Sunset Point at Sunset                                         photo Lenny Lensworth Frieling Boulderites travel.  Summer and winter, North and South and all points in between. My rationalization for posting a sunset picture at sunrise is simple. Sunset in one place means it IS sunrise in another. I suppose that if you are a “flat earther” this presents some […]

Our great close neighbor the Butterfly Pavilion , just up the road from Boulder, offers us a gem of jungle in a world of winter. The normally uplifting and spectacular beauty of the butterflies and moths springs out even more this time of year. Pair Of Large Tree Nymphs, photo Lenny Lensworth Frieling My great […]

The Broomfield Butterfly Pavilion is a captivating destination for butterfly enthusiasts, conveniently located just a short drive from Boulder, Colorado. This unique pavilion offers a close-up exploration of the mesmerizing world of butterflies, with a particular emphasis on the enchanting Black Swallowtail. Situated within easy reach of Boulder, the pavilion provides a sanctuary for various […]