The Butterfly Bar at The VORTEX is home to a nationally certified butterfly sanctuary.
The garden is managed by Alex Cogburn, who is also the Box Office Manager of The VORTEX.
Below are some of the beautiful visitors to our garden.
Skipper Butterfly on Marigold
Red Admiral Butterfly on Deck
Bordered Patch Butterfly
Sulphur Butterfly
Buckeye Butterfly
White Checkered Skipper
Monarch Butterfly
Black Swallowtail on Rue
Black Swallowtail on Moonflower
Black Swallowtail on Moonflower
Black Swallowtail on Moonflower
Black Swallowtail on Rue
Sphinx Moth Caterpillar
Variegated Fritillary
Beetle on Marigold
Phidippus arizonesis (Jumping Spider) on Bamboo Stake in Passion Vine
Green grasshopper munches on a flower.
A beetle and a spider sit on a yellow columbine flower.
Bumble bee walks along passion vine.
Green Lynx Spider