- Address: Dagmar, Frantiskovy Lázne 99
- Phone: +420 354543558
- Website: www.motylidum.cz
- Working hours: Tues-Fri 13:00 - 17:00; Sat-Sun 10:00 - 17:00, in the summer always 10: 00-17: 00
- Entrance fee: children $ 1, adults $ 2.8
The Czech village of Žirovica near the town of Františkovy Lázně is famous for its moth farm, where representatives of this insect species from all over the world are gathered. In addition to living specimens, you can see a collection of dried, as well as learn details about their full life cycle from larvae to butterflies.
Moth Farm Collection
On the farm, butterfly lovers find themselves in the present tropics with a high temperature and humidity. Here, their natural habitat is created by insects.
Visitors will be able to appreciate butterflies and moths from:
- South and Central America;
- South-East Asia;
- India;
- Africa;
- Australia.
Representatives of different countries and continents will please with their sizes and colors: from small, almost invisible to huge, bright, with red, yellow, black, blue or motley colored wings. Walking through the greenhouse, you can see for your own eyes the most original species found in nature only in remote jungles, and also to see tropical plants and flowers, from which butterflies collect nectar.
Entomological museum
Those who are interested in more details about the life of butterflies, it is worth to visit the museum in the farm. It collected a large collection of prepared representatives of this species with a detailed description of their habitat and features.
Employees of the museum, conducting excursions , talk about the life of butterflies, their development, the process of pupation of caterpillars and other features is very interesting, so that neither children nor adults get bored and learn a lot of useful information.
Souvenir shop at the farm of moths
For those who are impressed by the world of butterflies, there is a souvenir shop. Here you can buy books in Czech and English, theme cards and souvenirs . The greatest demand is for collection of tropical butterflies under the glass, which can be hung at home on the wall as a decoration in memory of a trip here.
How to get there?
The moth farm is 2 km from the town of Frantiskovy Lazne , and the easiest way to get there by taxi. Tourists travel from Prague by train or bus. Direct trains run every 2 hours, and once a day here goes the high-speed train Pendolino, where you can get to this part of the Czech Republic in just 2.5 hours.