Museum of the geological Reserve of High-Provence
The Musée of the geological Reserve of High-Provence is located on the commune of Worthy-the-Baths (Alp-of-High-Provence) on the Saint-Benoît hill. It includes/understands an extraordinary garden of the butterfly S, where 124 species of Lépidoptères open out naturally.
The Garden of the butterflies
The garden, below located the bâtiements of the museum, in an interlacing of greenery, constitutes a oasy allowing the development and sometimes the survival of many species of butterflies of Europe.Among his alive collection one can admire:
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celestial Alexanor
- blue Argus
- Dawn
- Beautiful-Lady
- Lemon-yellow
- Collar-of-coral
- Coppered
- Fadet of the garrigues
- Flamed
- Large swallowtail butterfly
- Large proserpine
- Jason
- Mélitée of the centauries
- Pasha with two tails
- Peacock-of-night
- Small March changing
- Small sheen
- Pierid of biscutelles the
- Sphinx of the euphorbium
- Sphinx of the oak
- Sphinx of the lime
- Sylvain blued
- Thècle of the sloe
- Zygène
During its creation, by association proserpine in 1999, there existed on the site 60 species of butterflies, it there of 124 in 2005. To attract them, of many plants and trees are cultivated, the such Baguenaudier, the buddleia, the Chêne, the Fenouil, the Figuier, the Lavande, the Luzerne, the Menthe, the Prunier, the Sauge, the Serpolet, the Thym, the Tilleul, the Trèfle, the Valériane, the Violette, and of many other plants.
The museum presents also on the spot, a film reporting the geological history of the area " TRAVEL IN the MEMORY OF PAYSAGES" of the realizer Pierre Rémy (PMAvision)
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