Butterfly Survival

Staying Alive Butterfly Characteristics, Survival Behaviors and Adaptations. Join us in the Oak Glen Pavilion on Saturday, February 9 at 1 PM when State Park Docent Peggy Coon will discuss how butterflies stay alive in each state of development: egg, caterpillar, chrysalis and adult butterfly. She will show the beautiful and unique colors on the inside and outside of the butterfly wings and explain how these colors, patterns and markings are used for protective coloration, warning, mimicry and more,… Show more and will display her own photos taken in Costa Rica, Belize, the Caribbean, Mexico and at various sites in the United States. Peggy Coon is a former Interpretative Ranger for the National Park Service, and is currently a State Park Docent of the Monarch Butterfly Grove at Pismo State Beach. She has also been a past Chairperson of Monarch Butterfly Grove. Presentation is $5 for members/$10 non-members. Followed at 2 PM by a free docent-led tour of the Garden. For more information contact our Education Coordinator at education@slobg.org or 805.541.1400x 304.

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