The Stratford-upon-Avon Butterfly Farm, home to hundreds of spectacular butterflies, insects, reptiles and spiders, will welcome a number of new residents in time for the Easter holidays.
Visitors to the farm’s Minibeast Metropolis will be able to see a new inhabitant, the Mexican walking fish, a cross between a fish and a lizard. The unusual amphibians do not complete metamorphosis, but if on rare occasions this does happen, they then become Mexican fire salamanders. Rather than developing lungs and taking to land, they remain aquatic and have external gills.
Other new arrivals to the Minibeast Metropolis include the African orange baboon tarantula, a pumpkin patch tarantula, normally found in the rainforests of Belize, and a Brazilian fire red tarantula which can reach 25cm when fully grown!
A number of beautiful sungazer lizards, so called because they like to bask in the sun, can also be found alongside the amazing leafcutter ant colony, which is one of the largest on display in the UK.
Visit the Stratford Butterfly Farm and walk among some of the world’s most beautiful and colourful butterflies, complete with rainforest environment, waterfalls and fish-filled pools. You may even see a butterfly hatch from its pupa!
Meet the Minibeasts’ is an Easter holiday handling session where, under supervision, visitors will be able to hold a variety of stick insects, African land snails, giant millipedes and even Madagascan cockroaches. The event runs from 10 – 21 April and is open to children and adults at the farm’s Discovery Zone.
Visit Stratford Butterfly Farm from 10am to 6pm every day of the week. For more information visit; www.butterflyfarm.co.uk or call 01789 299288.
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