Garden of Eden

A tropical garden with 80% relative humidity and temperatures that oscillate between 25ºC and 29ºC, safeguards the biological cycle of insects. In the Butterfly House we can perfectly appreciate the balance that exists between insects and plants. Every day there is an explosion of colour with the birth of up to 40 tropical butterflies, belonging to 15 different species from all five continents. From the Atlas butterfly, the largest in the world, to the owl, leaf and Mormon butterflies, amongst others. We can see hundreds of tropical butterflies fluttering amongst the ferns and carnivorous plants or sucking nectar from the flowers. Feeling how they come to rest upon us and bearing witness to each of the phases of metamorphosis (egg, lava, pupa and butterfly) are some of the lessons learnt at close quarters.

A puparium exhibits the pupae, where the magisterial moment at which the caterpillars transform into beautiful butterflies is experienced at first hand. In this pavilion there are also insects of incredible colours and shapes, bestowing them with perfect camouflage, such as bark insects, stick insects, jungle nymphs, or the giant Indian mantis.  Alongside these, and located in different exhibits, live different species of tarantulas such as the red knee tarantula or tropical beetles. Different plants originating from the tropical rainforest can also be seen, such as the fiddle-leaf fig, standing almost three metres high, the banana tree, the bamboo, the Syrian rose, the pasiflora or passionflower and the wayfaring tree. A wide variety which guarantees the survival of the butterflies.

In addition, the Butterfly House covers an area in which we can observe other animal species such as the golden lion marmoset, birds such as the black-winged stilt or reptiles such as the rhinoceros iguana, before leaving the pavilion through an Orchid Garden.