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The idea for the Mariposa Folk Festival was created by Ruth McVeigh and her husband Dr. Casey Jones, after hearing a presentation by John Fisher. [13] The name for the festival was borrowed from Stephen Leacock's Book Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town, set in the fictional town of Mariposa which was inspired by the real-life town of Orillia.
The best known and most visited of the butterfly colonies is El Rosario. [10] Some conservationists are concerned about the environmental impacts of tourism as "there is no easy way to manage massive tourism... without an ecological footprint." [3] In February, Angangueo celebrates its Festival de la Mariposa Monarca (Monarch Butterfly Festival ...
Mariposa botnet, a botnet involved in cyberscamming and denial of service attacks; Mariposa lily, a bulbous plant species of the genus Calochortus; native to western North America; Mariposa School of Skating, a Canadian figure-skating training center; Moth, a flying insect related to the butterfly; Mariposa (wrestler), American professional ...
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Lycaena mariposa, the mariposa copper, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in western Canada and the United States. [3] The wingspan is 23–28 mm. Adults are on wing from mid-July to August. [3] The larvae feed on Vaccinium arbuscula and Polygonum douglasii. [3] [2]
The Spirogyra Butterfly Farm Park Garden, (Spanish: Mariposario Spirogyra), located in San Francisco de Goicoechea, on the edge of Rio Torres, [1] north of Zoológico Simón Bolívar, in Barrio Amon, Carmen District, San José, Costa Rica, is a butterfly house that houses from 50 to 60 different species of live butterflies from around the country in a climate-controlled, glass-enclosed habitat.
Atlantea tulita is a rare species of butterfly known by the common name Puerto Rico harlequin butterfly [1] (in Spanish, mariposa arlequín de Puerto Rico or quebradillana). This brush-footed butterfly is endemic to Puerto Rico. It is a candidate for United States federal protection as an endangered species. [1]
Mariposa (/ ˌ m ær ɪ ˈ p oʊ z ə,-s ə / ⓘ; [6] Spanish for "Butterfly") is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in and the county seat of Mariposa County, California, United States. [7] The population was 1,526 at the 2020 census. [3]