Smithsonian's Butterflies

We visited the Smithsonian's Butterfly exhibit this week. Tuesday is free admission day, so we headed in town and waited for the time-controlled admission tickets. We arrived around 11:30 am and got a 2pm slot, so we explored the related insect exhibit (we're talking live millipedes the size of a large snake!) and took a little lunch break at the National Portrait Gallery before heading back to see the butterflies. It was a wonderful indoor exhibit, packed full of butterflies. I had one riding on me for a while (here's a pic of him on my shorts). And another example of how friendly these guys were.