Most people probably think of the Seattle Pacific Science Center as somewhere to take their kids. And it would be great for that. Personally, I like to go to visit the Tropical Butterfly House. It's not as big as the Victoria Butterfly Gardens but it's well looked after and there are lots of butterflies. No doubt it gets busy, but first thing in the morning on a weekday was relatively quiet for us.
This one was posed conveniently just inside the door.
There were quite a few of these Pale owl-butterflies.
And also lots of these Malay Cruisers, although I didn't match up the top and bottom of the wings until later.
This next one is another Malay Cruiser but showing the bottoms of its wings. This was on a pool where there was a mister making "fog". At first there was too much fog to get a good photo, but then I realized I could blow enough fog away to get an interesting shot.
And this one was in a faceoff with a snail. The snail was winning - as it advanced the butterfly was backing up.
There were lots of other kinds, the trick was to find ones that would sit still to be photographed.
These Leopard Lacewings were one of the more colorful ones, on both sides of their wings.
There were also some nice flowers.
The science center courtyard has some water features and sculptures. And some good reflections of the buildings in the water.
I'm sure the kids like the dinosaurs, as do I.
It's interesting to compare the photographs from this visit with the ones from the last time I was here, in 2015.
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