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A tropical butterfly with black wings streaked white, resting on a leaf in the Casa delle Farfalle greenhouse

Parks and nature in Milano Marittima

Casa delle Farfalle

Casa delle Farfalle is a municipally owned centre in the Milano Marittima pinewood, at Via Jelenia Gora 6/d, open from spring to early autumn. It combines a tropical greenhouse, a greenhouse for Italian butterflies, an insect pavilion and an outdoor botanical trail.

Tropical butterflies and local species

The main greenhouse covers over 500 square metres. Ficus, banana plants and other tropical plants recreate a rainforest, with a temperature of 28-30 degrees and humidity around 65-70%; the butterflies come from tropical regions of Africa, Asia, America and Australia.

Il Bruco, opened in 2013, is a smaller greenhouse devoted to local butterflies, created with Università di Bologna.

Insects and garden

Casa degli Insetti is a pavilion with scarab beetles, giant cockroaches, mantises and leaf insects, together with a beehive and a giant ant nest. Outside, the butterfly garden follows a botanical trail with many pinewood plants. The visit combines well with walks in the Milano Marittima pinewood.

The ticket includes some sessions with staff, such as the butterflies' first flight on Sundays and public holidays; the full guided tour, lasting about an hour and a quarter, is charged separately. Admission is free up to one metre in height. Times and tickets appear on the operator's website in the Casa delle Farfalle information.

Images

A butterfly with large eyespots on its wings resting on an orange slice at Casa delle Farfalle in Cervia
Photo by Fangel, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0
A black, white and orange striped caterpillar on a green stem, photographed at Casa delle Farfalle in Cervia
Photo by Pietro Del Bufalo, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
A spotted butterfly on a pink water lily among floating leaves in a pool inside the Casa delle Farfalle greenhouse A wooden insect hotel with an illustrated panel beside the tree-lined garden path at Casa delle Farfalle A butterfly with black-veined white wings resting on a flowering plant in the tropical greenhouse A room at Casa delle Farfalle with glass insect cases on painted bases and a world map entitled “Lunghi viaggi”

Images without credits come from the site's previous version.

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