Photos: Butterflies at Ventana Canyon Resort
Loews Ventana Canyon resort this week opened two new exhibits aimed at putting some colorful wonders of the Sonoran Desert on display for its guests.One is a 1,500-square-foot garden butterfly garden certified by the National Butterfly Association. The other is an 800-square-foot exhibit for desert tortoises which has been certified by the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.
Butterflies at Ventana Canyon Resort
A butterfly on flowers of a Blue Chip Butterfly Bush.
Butterflies at Ventana Canyon Resort
Butterflies gather on flowers in the new 1,500-square-foot butterfly garden at Loews Ventana Canyon on Tuesday, August 27, 2013 in Tucson, AZ. The resort this week is opening two new exhibits aimed at putting some colorful wonders of the Sonoran Desert on display for its guests. It has been certified as a national butterfly garden by the National Butterfly Association. The garden features exhibits detailing the lifecycle of butterflies.
Butterflies at Ventana Canyon Resort
Visitor Lois Mitchell, from Newark, Delaware gets a first look at the new 1,500-square-foot butterfly garden.
Butterflies at Ventana Canyon Resort
A Queen butterfly stops at a Bird of Paradise plant in the new 1,500-square-foot butterfly garden at Loews Ventana Canyon.
Butterflies at Ventana Canyon Resort
A Queen caterpillar makes its way along a branch in the new butterfly garden at Loews Ventana Canyon. The garden features exhibits detailing the lifecycle of butterflies.
Butterflies at Ventana Canyon Resort
One of two desert tortoises explores its new 800-square-foot desert tortoise exhibit at Loews Ventana Canyon on Tuesday, August 27, 2013 in Tucson, AZ. It is one of two new exhibits opening this week aimed at putting some colorful wonders of the Sonoran Desert on display for its guests.
Butterflies at Ventana Canyon Resort
One of two desert tortoises explores its new 800-square-foot desert tortoise exhibit adjacent to the pool at Loews Ventana Canyon. The new exhibit is certified by the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum.
Butterflies at Ventana Canyon Resort
Queen Butterflies gather on flowers in the new 1,500-square-foot garden at Loews Ventana Canyon resort. The garden has been certified as a national butterfly garden by the National Butterfly Association.
Butterflies at Ventana Canyon Resort
A Queen Butterfly soars in the new butterfly garden.
Butterflies at Ventana Canyon Resort
A Queen Butterfly rests on the flower of a Blue Chip Butterfly Bush.
A Tucson resort this week opened two new exhibits aimed at putting some colorful wonders of the Sonoran Desert on display for its guests.