Rain Forrest Butterflies, an Extatosoma tiaratum and an Iguana: Butterfly Wing the Houston Museum of Natural Science - 3/4 by David Engle

Nikon D-70 & Various Portr...

Actually, it is called the Cockrell Butterfly Center and Insect Zoo, but I have always heard it as the Butterfly Wing of the Museum. At any one time, it seems like there may be thousands of butterflies in this enclosure and in this particular panorama, in the rain forrest we see an iguana and to the far left, a Orange Giant Prickly Stick or Extatosoma tiaratum is being shown to a lady by one of the Museum's volunteers. Additional information concerning a Additional information concerning a Giant Prickly Stick can be found here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extatosoma_tiaratuma  and additional information concerning an Iguana is found here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iguana 
A full description of the Houston Museum of Natural Science, including an external photo of the Butterfly Wing, can be found here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston_Museum_of_Natural_Science 
This panorama was taken hand-held with a Nikon D70 camera using a Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 lens and attached to the camera was a SB800 flash unit.