Six legged visitors at the library

Hey! How's your summer going? Getting a lot of reading done? Have you been to a library program? Have you checked out a museum? You've got to keep away the summer brain drain!

Ok. So you remember the library is all about bugs this summer? Well, we're not just reading about them and talking about them, we actually have some living at our libraries. Really!

These are the Painted Lady butterflies that just emerged from their chrysalises over at the Esper Library.




Miss Patty plans to release these beauties into the great outdoors around July 11th. Double check with her over at the Esper Branch.

Here at Henry Ford Centennial we hatched out some Praying Mantises. This is where they came from.



We started with a whole bunch, but only have about 10 now. One of them shed their skin and looks really big compared to the others, but wouldn't pose nice for the camera. Look carefully and you should be able to spot some of the other manitids.





So, we've got some pretty neat bugs hanging out here. Come and see them before they're gone!