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Did you know there are around 20,000 different species of butterflies in the world – and that you can see many of them at New Orleans’ Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium?

They may be tiny in comparison to you or I but we’re outnumbered by insects, Earth’s largest group of animals. While we tend to think of the bulk of them as pests or just plain “icky,” they’re actually crucial to the ecosystem and are the building blocks of all life on our planet. Plus, if you give them a closer look, many are beautiful and all are extremely fascinating.

A great place to take this closer look is New Orleans’ Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium – North America’s largest museum devoted to insects and their relatives – located in the U.S. Custom House on Canal Street.

The Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium offers a number of fun and exciting ways to explore the world of insects and get to know them better than ever. You may walk away from the Insectarium just as unwilling as ever to let a bug crawl up your leg – but you’ll know enough to respect them for all they do to make our environment habitable!

At the Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium, you’ll see thousands of live and preserved specimens of insects; visit the French Quarter in the Insects of New Orleans exhibit to learn about its smallest inhabitants; shrink down to the size of a bug to view their world in the Life Underground exhibit; attend an animatronic insect awards show at the Awards Night exhibit, and much more. You’ll also have the opportunity to touch some live bugs … or even taste a few at the Insectarium Cooking Show and Cultural Café – Mmmmm!

Most entrancing of all for most, however, is an opportunity to walk with the butterflies in the Audubon Butterfly Garden: a unique Japanese-style garden filled with a wide variety of free-flying, live butterflies for close-up, interaction and encounters with these beautiful and fragile creatures.

The Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium also has a gift shop so you can take home unique, insect-themed gifts and a cafe … with bug free offerings (we swear!) to keep you going through your visit.

423 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70130
Open 7 days a week, 10am to 5pm
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Get $3 off an adult ticket or $2 off a child’s ticket with this coupon!

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Tags: Audubon Butterfly Garden Lodging, Insectarium Cooking Show, Insects of New Orleans, Life Underground

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