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MOSI Congratulations Christina Zaporowski Jones! You're the winner of a family 4 pack of tickets to Where the Wild Things Are in MOSI's IMAX Dome Theatre. We'll message you with details.

November 4 at 2:03pm
Christina Jones
Christina Jones
Thank you soooo much! My family is very excited and cant wait to go!
November 4 at 4:30pm
Lisa
Lisa
Congrats Christina! Mosi is so cool!
November 4 at 4:51pm
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MOSI Still time to win a family 4 pack of tickets to the only local IMAX showing of Where the Wild Things Are! Tell us your favorite childhood memory!

November 4 at 11:02am
Conrad Wheeler
Conrad Wheeler
My favorite memory was not having to see that horrible movie... there were 2 scenes that my 5 year old liked, but most of us enjoyed a nice nap
November 4 at 12:17pm
Jennifer
Jennifer
My Papa sneaking me in the horse races by dressing me up as a jockey!
November 4 at 3:21pm
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MOSI From the butterfly garden: Florida's State Butterfly- The Zebra Longwing

Source: lepcurious.blogspot.com
Zebra Longwing (Heliconius charitonius) was designated the state butterfly for Florida in 1996 by Govenor Chiles. Easy to identify with its long wings and creamy yellow zebra stripes, this butterfly is certainly a favorite in the MOSI gardens. ...
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MOSI MOSI's November Volunteer of the MOnth for 2009: Will Shumaker!

Source: mositampa.blogspot.com
Will Shumaker has been with MOSI since July of 1996. Over the course of his tenure, Mr. Shumaker has logged over 3,783 hours as a membership services volunteer. His work has been indespensible.Will is an avid mountain and ice climber who enjoys movies, travel and phtography. ...
Ann Dowdy
Ann Dowdy
Congrats Will!
November 4 at 10:06am
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MOSI Win a family 4 pack of tix to Where the Wild Things Are in IMAX at MOSI. Tell us about your favorite childhood memory! Contest ends at 4pm on Wed

November 3 at 5:22am
Dana Redmond-Ricciardo
Dana Redmond-Ricciardo
My favorite childhood memory.....I was born and raised in Florida until I was 14. My parents moved to Indiana and I thought it was the end of the world....until winter...I remember the first time I saw snow. It was the most magical thing I have ever seen. It was beautiful. I remember my brother was 7 at the time and when it started snowing, we ... Read Moreran outside and jumped and played and rolled around in the snow. The neighbors were looking at us like we were insane, but it was amazing to us. We played in that snow until we were so cold that our bodies ached. I remember my Mom gathering up so fresh snow and taking it inside and making ice cream (my Dad knew how to do it from growing up in the north). We ate it like it was the best ice cream ever! That was my best memory and I still love playing in the snow whenever I get the chance to go back up north during the winter.
November 3 at 6:26am
Bonnie
Bonnie
playing restuarant drive thru through the stairs of my neighbors porch...good times!
November 4 at 11:10am
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MOSI Now Blooming: Climbing Aster smells amazing in the Olustree Longleaf Pine Flatwoods Garden

Source: bit.ly
Climbing Carolina Aster (Symphotrichum carolinianum) syn (Aster carolinianus) is a late blooming fall favorite in the Richard T. Bowers Historic Tree Grove at MOSI. Spreading in the Flatwoods garden beneath ...
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MOSI From the Butterfly Garden: Basic butterfly gardening for Central Florida

Source: lepcurious.blogspot.com
A butterfly garden requires a good mix of butterfly nectar and host plants so that butterflies will not only be attracted to your garden for a drink, but they will also lay eggs. This will provide a location for the entire butterfly lifecycle to occur. ...
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MOSI Article from Bay Soundings featuring our Butterfly Gardener, Kristen Gilpin, making a case for caterpillar food in butterfly gardens.

Source: www.baysoundings.com
Anybody can plant a butterfly garden with beautiful blooming flowers – but people who plant food for caterpillars will have butterfly factories. In fact, the most spectacular butterfly garden in the world will be deserted and empty unless there is food for their caterpillars nearby. ...
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MOSI Good morning, Recyclosarus! A great photo by MOSI staffer Carolyn R.

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MOSI From the butterfly garden blog: A look back at some of the glorious orange blooms from this past growing season at MOSI, Tampa

Source: lepcurious.blogspot.com
This season there has been a bounty of colors abounding in the MOSI gardens so this week I’d like to review some of the highlights from a really fantastic season.
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MOSI From the butterfly garden blog: Want to try your hand at rearing a few caterpillars at home? Check out this guide that explains challenges of butterfly rearing and some tips on how to make it work out for you.

Source: lepcurious.blogspot.com
I get a lot of questions from butterfly enthusiasts who want to rear caterpillars at home and would like some instruction. My first response is usually to suggest rearing caterpillars outside in their gardens where natural processes can occur. ...
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MOSI Twitter contest for a family 4-pack of tickets to MOSI's Hall-O-Boo is still going! 31st response @MOSITampa with your favorite Halloween treat wins.

Source: twitter.com
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Faith Smith
Faith Smith
I tweeted like crazy.... not sure if Im the 31st :-))))
October 22 at 11:55am
David Fischer
David Fischer
I saw all of Faith's tweets. Noboby worked harded for those tickets than her.
October 22 at 12:10pm
Brian Bachman
Brian Bachman
I'll be back
October 22 at 12:44pm
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MOSI Hall-O-Boo Starts tonight! Reserve your tickets now at http://www.mosigiving.org/2009halloboo.html

Source: www.mosigiving.org
MOSI will present Hall-O-Boo on October 22, 23 and 24, 2009 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. All guests at this not-so-scary, yet fun Halloween event will enjoy trick or treats, tattoos, face painting, Mad Scientist ...
Faith Smith
Faith Smith
Thank you.... we are hoping to go Friday night :-)
October 22 at 8:41am
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MOSI
Enjoy the event Faith!
October 22 at 11:26am
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MOSI We have a winner! The family 4 pack of tickets to MOSI's Hall-O-Boo goes to Lisa Brown Crowther! We'll message you soon about how to pick up your tickets! Congratulations!

October 21 at 12:13pm
Letty Simmons
Letty Simmons
Congrats Lisa! can Emily & I be your family this weekend & tag along? ;-)
October 22 at 3:26pm
Lisa
Lisa
Thank you MOSI!!! We are excited to be coming to the Hall-O-Boo!!
October 23 at 11:01am
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MOSI From the BioWorks Butterfly Garden: A Giant among Swallowtails

Source: lepcurious.blogspot.com
The Giant Swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes) is a wonderful example of the obvious naming conventions among lepidopterans as it has swallow-tails and indeed is gigantic.
Kelly Connolly Kane
Kelly Connolly Kane
beautiful!!xx
October 21 at 11:16am