The Butterfly Pavilion Review

We had a great time, even went on a nature walk with 2 staff members and caught Mantises. Facility and Staff are all very nice.

Great exposure to nature for the kids, very kid-friendly staff.

Good for kids but nothing drastic has changed over the last 5 years or so. Dated.

I LOVED holding rosie and the butterfly exhibit- AMAZING! I really want to go there again!

So much more than butterflies! They have a really awesome cephalopod; she's only 9 months old. And if you really want a treat.... they have a butterfly release. Around 3:30pm is when I experienced this beautiful circle of life & death.

Really engaging exhibits about all sorts of stuff. The staff all appeared to be truly passionate about their work.

Had a great time! Lots of insects and the water exhibit was super cool! Great place to bring kids

The Prehistoric Sydney Funnel Web is still around today because it is a successful hunter, You don't live for millions of years without being a good advantage and edge over your adversaries. This cricket got too close and the Funnel Web's caveman like table manners make short work of any prey.

In the Bug world it's not all blood shed and violence, The most vicious Murderess can be a mother too.

In the equally violent world of humans it's not all blood shed and violence, The most vicious murderess can be a mother too.

Put a small black critter keeper, put some coco fiber in it, and some bark and put crickets in so it would eat. for a large female garden wolf spider. It doesn't need much space. Garden Wolf Spiders will eat anything they can get their fangs on, I give mine all meal worms. A beer bottle cap as a water dish will do just fine. Give it a hide which they will feel safe and secure.

Instead of building a web, your Garden wolf spider will make its home in a hole in the ground. Give her an inch or more of clean, pesticide-free soil and some leaves, small rocks or twigs to hide under. (Artificial plants and rocks like those you get from pet supply stores will work just fine.)

Wolf spiders do not build webs to catch their prey, but are active hunters they either ambush or freely hunt their prey. They are appropriately named because they powerfully pounce on their victims. Wolf spiders use their eyesight to detect prey, but also react to vibrations.

Why the Sydney Funnel Web survived millions of years after the Dinosaur went extinct, it's a successful hunter, it has fangs that puncture a mouse skull.

I love visiting here with our children. Fun visit every time.

I love this place lots of fun !! And a good place to take the kids !!

What a wonderful experience, If I lived closer I would have a membership and visit on a weekly basis. Even with everyone in there, it was a great experience and a wonderful variety of butterflies to observe. It isn't a place that you would want to spend all day at, but a few hours in the morning was a great trip. One downfall is asking some of the volunteers questions, they didn't know a few things, such as why are the butterflies tagged? Since many are, this should be a question that they should be aware of the answer.

I will be back!

Perfect activity for young kids, and interesting for adults too. Lots of live animals and displays down at kid level, and the butterfly house is always spectacular.

One of the must do places if you have the chance. Great experience!

Great place for children. However, you run out of things to do rather quickly. You can hold Rosie the tarantula, pet some seastars (I was informed they no longer like them being called starfish), and see some pretty cool live bugs. Of course the butterflies are beautiful! I think it's a little small of a space though. Its quiet, educational, and a good experience overall. I believe they should think about farming butterflies to sell the chrysalis' for educational purposes too. Just a business thought.

Had a good time, but was yelled at by a worker named Fred for a butterfly landing on my hand. I didn't force it on to me and he acted very mean about it. I am a teenager and I can take it, but what if this happened to a kid cause it made me even upset.

Nice little rainforest setting with lots of beautiful plants and butterflies. Also lots of bug displays, tarantula holding station, storytime and day camp for your littles!

I love the Pavilion. Took a friend who'd never been and he loved it! We ended up staying 3 hours so he could hang out with the butterflies for as long as possible. :-)
They do have an aquarium section and a creepy/crawly section where Rosie hangs out (rose hair tarantula that you can hold). It's fun! Check it out if you're looking for something to do!

A really enjoyable experience! Great staff and beautiful butterflies. Avoid weekdays between 10am-1pm unless you want to be surrounded by school groups. Easy to find. Lots of parking.

Amazing. Took 8 grand kids ages 7-1 everyone loved it. The butterflys were landing on us. Our 6 year old said it was the best day in her life. Haha The boys loved it too.

Educational, entertaining, and you get to hold a giant, giant spider.

They get to touch a spider! Great exhibits and lots of interactive ones for the youth.

Fun activity, with decent price, that everyone can enjoy.

Fun atmosphere and friendly workers who clearly enjoy their work. Fun place to explore!

Staff was excellent very fun experience! Gift shop's a Lil expensive but that's every gift shop you go to

It is very fun . You get to learn new stuff and they let you hold Rosie a tarantula
She is very friendly. And you can also visit dori and nemo. Also you can touch other animals along the way

great volunteers and employees who share a wealth of information with tarantula, reef, butterflies, dirt digging. 5 year olds loved it!

AMAZING, AMAZING, AMAZING! The best place for all of us butterfly lovers .

beautiful place great for the kids and the whole family

It's a small place but it definitely entertained the kids for a few hours. Lots of information for the kids to learn about. Super friendly staff.

Love watching all the butterflies, there is a children's area that changes from time to time

Love everything about this place! Make sure to see the Peacock Mantis Shrimp feeding!

The Butterfly Pavilion is a magical place. This is a great place to bring the whole family.

They've got insects for everyone! From spiders (caged), to a live bee hive, to the rainforrest wsquw pavilion, there's something for everyone.

The highlight by far is the hundreds of butterflies that foot around you as you walk through their makeshift habitat.

The grandkids loved it, but get there early to beat the crowd.

Fun place for kids, and even as an adult learned some things. They have three major zones, first is a small room of spiders and stuff, this is the worst part and sets up expectations to be low. The 2nd is a aquarium that is pretty cool. The main thing is the butterfly jungle with plants, stream etc. I had an orange butterfly land on me for a while which was really fun.

I always love it here. There's more than just butterflies.

Took out grand daughter. She loved the place. We had a blast. Very nice. People are very friendly.

Looovee Butterflies and Creepy Crawlys.. EnToMoLoGy

Had fun! I felt like the butterfly whisperer! I had multiple butterflies on me at once! Wear bright colors to attract them!

Neat little place to visit. And hold Rosie the spider.

Wonderful place! Very educational. It's sad that some folks don't listen to the rules though! Staff was amazing and friendly.

Amazing experience. Went around closing time and still got to see butterfly's relased and explore. Still didn't see everything in the hour we spent their.

4 rooms of activities and invertebrate animals. My daughter loved it (age 2-4 years old.) My son is too little (age 18 months)

There is a huge area where you get to be close to hundreds of butterflies. Sometimes they land on you.

Fun for the whole family! The butterfly release is really neat and now they have a spider exhibit in the butterfly sanctuary that is creepy but totally cool! Also, kids age 3 and up can hold Rosie the resident tarantula!

Cool place to take young ones to learn the importance of bugs and butterflies. It's been here since I was in school, and is always fun got check out, especially if you are visiting. They have food and a small shop, so you can grab something if necessary. Good times, brings me back. And you must see Rosie before you leave!

This is my very honest review. I spent almost $500 in the gift shop, so that should tell you about how much I love butterflies. I'm a recent first-generation college graduate from a low-income family that graduated from a top 21 university in the U.S.. I have a huge love and knowledge of all the hard sciences. Butterflies and moths are one of God's most beautiful works of art. The butterflies and the lovely people in the gift shop and entrance save the place. However, there is one man that put a very sour taste in my mouth. I take very care when going to butterfly gardens to not touch the butterflies because I know the powder on their wings is very necessary to their survival and flight. However, when seeing a butterfly falling over on the ground, we informed a worker and he stated that "they die in 2-4 weeks anyways" and to just leave it there. Well that's fine. Later in that same visit, a beautiful blue morpho butterfly landed on me, but since our time was almost up, I was trying to gently coerce it off of me. Well I went up to the same worker and he used his walky talky to pry it off. As soon as I left the door, I saw him pick it up by its wings and throw it distastefully onto the concrete. This disheartens me because the butterflies are not dying gracefully. Instead, it looks like someone is torturing them or causing them to die faster. I might add that this reminds me of serial killers that first start with killing animals and then move onto people. I hope they can help correct this in their staff as these butterflies are live, innocent creatures. The good stuff about this place are the variety or butterflies, the wonderful picturesque area for chrysalis, and the very kind staff that seem very knowledgeable about the taxidermy they do in the gift shop. The butterflies they sell in the frames are more reasonably priced than other places and the quality looks great. I would recommend this place for the butterflies and the taxidermy. However, be aware that the staff might not care as much about the butterflies as you might.

We miss the maze (slightly bigger kids have much more fun in it, and there was a younger kids area too) and the more lush atrium (there had been some pricing going on), but it's otherwise as fun as ever.

I love going it s so much fun for the kids and if you love butterfly s as much as I do you ll love it too!!!!

Delightful experience and worth the $12. Wear a bright shirt if you d like them to land on you, and if you re there when it goes from cloudy to sunny, all the butterflies seem to get active all at once!

I love going to the butterfly pavilion. It is very pretty and a great place to take grand kids. The staff is very nice and we love coming back to see them.

Always such a fun experience to be had. You never know where a butterfly is going to land. Of course, there's always those parents who pay NO attention to their rude children... But it's always a good time being here! Staff is awesome and very knowledgeable!

It was a fun experience! Loved the butterfly exhibit and the bees! I wish it was bigger, we went through the whole thing in less than 2 hours.

Went here on a road trip just for a quick stop. Not as large as I hoped, but I saw plenty of butterfly's and insects that I've never seen before. As long as it's not too busy I imagine this is a really good place to visit. Had fun, employees were very kind, and fantastic place for kids(Just don't let them touch the butterflies).

This was really fun place . my granddaughter likes the play areas. Of course butterflies and all. Do not wear your coat in as it its warm in the butterfly pavilion. Everyone is very friendly.

We went for homeschool day (not a homeschool fam, but we didn't have school). They did an excellent job of hands on educational activities. But there was enough to do without the activities to stay.

We had an amazing time! The butterflies are beautiful. We took our toddler and it was very easy to maneuver with our stroller. Great family time!

A Nice and warm fun family spot for a cool winter day.

We had a great experience with our big family. Yes, they are open during the pandemic but social distancing and masks are required. Our little ones had so much walking around and exploring. We purchased our tickets online so it made everything easy once we arrived to the location. I recommend this place. The place is clean and had clean bathrooms as well. There is a big parking lot and handicap parking spots, there place is also wheelchair accessible.

Wow... I checked online to get a feel for this venu and expected it to be good... I was pleasantly surprised and thought this experience was fantastic. Great for small children and seiniors and all ages in between. A great selection of displays and interesting live and not so like e critters. Of course the hundreds or thousands of live butterflies in the "rain forest" pavilion was the highlight. Take your time e to see it all. It took us about 2-3 hours to fully experience the venu. They also have adult themed events like wine and wings.. pretty cool place which I'd highy recommend doing. They do have $5 admission on occasion so look for that special, otherwise it's $12 for adults and less for kids.

Little pricey for what it is, but held the interest of all 4 of our kids, ages 5 to 14. Probably 2-3 hours of stuff to do, no more. Butterflies are beautiful and calming.

Awesome place for children and young men to learn about insects and other bugs.

Love it will defiantly go back. The butterflies were beautiful and amazing.