G.T. BUTTERFLY HOUSE & BUG ZOO
SEASON GRAND OPENING
2025 SEASON BEGINS MAY 1st
8840 M 72 EAST, WILLIAMSBURG
(One Mile East of Casino)
10am – 4:30pm * Self-guided tours * Family friendly
It's a new season of opportunities to learn about Butterflies and Bugs! The self-guided experience features a Tropical Butterfly Garden, with hundreds of the world's most exotic butterflies dancing in flight among a garden packed with blooming flowers. Come find your favorite!
The Bug Zoo is full of spectacular species! Our Honeybee Observation Hive greets visitors right inside the Zoo, where you can peek inside a working hive. The Tarantula Tree highlights some of our favorite tarantula species, while Beetle Boulder is filled with unique beetles and some of their arthropod friends including African assassin bugs and the largest roach in the world.
Take time to explore Duke Elsner's Crawl Space, an exhibit featuring collected insect specimens from our resident Entomologist, Dr. Duke Elsner. As a Traverse City local, Dr. Elsner has collected thousands of species and has played a vital role in providing education on native insects, with a different theme each year to entertain returning visitors. The Zoo's amphibian collection is helping people connect the need for insects to support the animals dependent on them....Including us!
G.T. Butterfly House & Bug Zoo offers self-guided tours daily from 10am-4:30pm, 30 minutes prior to closing 5pm. We are a barrier free facility. Rain days are busy! Admission rates and group tour information is available at: www.gtbutterflyzoo.com/admission or email your questions to: info@gtbutterflyzoo.com
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