Butterflies at the Library

In honor of this year's summer reading theme, "Catch the Reading Bug," our branches became involved with butterfly gardens over the summer. A particular joy for the Rensselaer branch was the seven caterpillars we received from a local parsley patch and nurtured in July until they emerged today as Black Swallowtail butterflies.

We're very excited about our new and hungry babies, as with all the insects we have been able to watch and share their tender days with.


We invite you to stop in and check them out before they are gone, out to finish their days in the summer sun!