This is the seventh year the festival has been hosted in San Antonio, which in 2016 became the first official pollinator city in the nation.
Butterflies and other pollinators including bees, moths, birds and bats pollinate over 75% of the world’s flowering plants, according to the National Park Service. The event seeks to raise awareness of their importance to the ecosystem.
Previously held at the Pearl and Confluence Park, this year’s festival marked its first appearance at Brackenridge Park. After reading an official proclamation, Mayor Ron Nirenberg and other officials boarded the San Antonio Zoo Train, converted into a chugging caterpillar, giant antennae and all. Cousins Chiara and Daisy Pride spotted a butterfly resting on a display of seeds and watched for several minutes before the insect’s deep orange wings lifted it into the trees. Daisy noticed that the monarch had been tagged on one wing and said it was her second sighting of the day.
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