{"id":3688,"date":"2014-10-06T13:42:50","date_gmt":"2014-10-06T17:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/?post_type=cu_event&#038;p=3688"},"modified":"2026-02-23T15:51:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T20:51:58","slug":"annual-butterfly-show-2","status":"publish","type":"cu_event","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/event\/annual-butterfly-show-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual Butterfly Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n        \n    <\/h1>\n    \n        <\/header>\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    <div class=\"cu-buttongroup cu-component-updated flex flex-wrap md:flex-1 gap-3 md:gap-5 justify-start\">\n                                                                        <\/div>\n    \n<h3 id=\"the-butterflies-are-free\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">The&nbsp;Butterflies Are Free!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"saturday-october-4-2014-to-monday-october-13-2014\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Saturday October 4, 2014 to Monday October 13, 2014<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Opening hours are 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the Nesbitt Biology Building. Admission is free, donations are welcome. Parking is available for <a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/parking\/visitors\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #1f7699;\">visitors<\/span><\/a>. Please see the <a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/parking\/parking-map\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #1f7699;\">parking map <\/span><\/a>and refer to the <a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/parking\/visitors\/parking-rates\/\"><span style=\"color: #1f7699;\">rates<\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For directions to the Nesbitt Building greenhouses please see the <a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/campus\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #1f7699;\">campus map<\/span><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t you love free activities for your family? The Ottawa Butterfly Show is an annual event that runs daily from Saturday,October 4, 2014, to Monday, October 13, 2014, in the greenhouses of Carleton University\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span style=\"color: #1f7699;\">biology department<\/span><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some butterflies love to land on colourful clothing or you could just put your hand underneath and they would climb on. So bring your kids or your camera or both and enjoy this exhibit! But hurry, it\u2019s only on as long as the butterflies\u2019 lifespan!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 10-day show features 1,300 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5oXHXgZeei4\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span style=\"color: #1f7699;\">butterflies <\/span><\/strong><\/a>that arrive in five separate shipments, representing 41 different species worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than 1,000 area students and 10,000 visitors total&nbsp;came into the steamy greenhouse doors at the west side of Carleton\u2019s\u2019 campus for last years Butterfly show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_event_type":[],"cu_event_audience":[],"class_list":["post-3688","cu_event","type-cu_event","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"cu_event_start_date":"2014-10-06T09:00:00","cu_event_end_date":"2014-10-13T16:00:00","cu_event_location_type":"in-person","cu_event_meeting_address_type":"on-campus","cu_building":"NB","cu_event_meeting_room":"Greenhouse","cu_event_meeting_address_full":null,"cu_event_virtual_type":"tbd","cu_event_virtual_meeting_link":"","cu_post_thumbnail":"null","cu_event_cost":"Free","cu_event_registration":"","cu_event_secondary_button":"","cu_event_contact_name":"Ed Bruggink","cu_event_email":"EdwardBruggink@Cunet.Carleton.Ca","cu_event_phone":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/3688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/3688\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_event_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event_type?post=3688"},{"taxonomy":"cu_event_audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event_audience?post=3688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}