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Geneva's Peck Farm Park draws a crowd

Posted August 06, 2014 1:01 am

By Laura Stoecker

Angela Concha of Pingree Grove helps her children, Devin, 7, and Alexiana, 5, identify butterflies while holding their brother, Camden, 5 months, Wednesday at Peck Farm Park's Butterfly House in Geneva. The Concha family, including father Joe, wandered around the enclosure spotting more than 15 varieties of butterflies. Alexiana is a big fan of butterflies, and says her favorite species is the Queen butterfly, which was on display at the house. Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com

Peck Farm Park's Butterfly House was a full house Wednesday afternoon, filled not only with people but with hundreds of butterflies fluttering everywhere.

Fifteen species in the butterfly family are currently on display, including the Monarch, Julia, Zebra and several Swallowtail species. One hundred new pupa of dozens of species arrive each week to the house, so the display changes frequently. The Butterfly House is open through Sept. 20. Hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, weather permitting. There is a suggested donation of $2 per person or $5 per family.

For more information, go to genevaparks.org.

A Zebra butterfly perches in a tree at Peck Farm Park's Butterfly House in Geneva Wednesday. Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com

A Julia butterfly feeds on a flower at Peck Farm Park's Butterfly House in Geneva Wednesday. Visitors are discouraged from handling butterflies, but can let them voluntarily land on them. Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com

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