Presenting The Absolute Best Butterfly Programs EVER!
For over twenty years Rick Mikula has been delighting audiences of all ages with his humorous and off beat way of looking at butterflies. An award-winning author with several books to his credit, he is also a photographer and habitat consultant, and has created butterfly atriums and gardens for Dolly Parton, Hershey Foods, among others. The owner and operator of Hole-In-Hand Butterfly Farm in Hazleton, Rick has appeared on numerous TV shows including The Animal Planet Network and The Discovery Channel. He has also been featured in over three dozen magazines including People, on the cover of Organic Farming and in hundreds of newspapers from around the world. Rick is also the co-founder of the Butterfly Website which is the first and largest butterfly web site in the world with over 2,500 pages of free information.
From Pre-k to College, any type of group will be spellbound and amazed at his fast-paced and high-energy performances. Rick's slide programs will not only show the beauty of butterflies that he has found on his rainforest tours but also the wonderful creatures that wait right outside your door. Mounted specimens will demonstrate the mystery of camouflage and the trickery of disguise that butterflies and moths use to escape predators. 'Live' butterflies are always the high point of every presentation as Rick demonstrates just how easily they can be handled and cared for in the classroom.
Teachers and students will learn how to raise butterflies and moths at any time of year by using simple, recyclable, household items. They will earn the secrets of butterfly gardens that will not only attract the flying jewels of the sky, but also cause them to lay eggs and start a population right at your school. His teacher in-service days programs are also perfect for instructing teachers for making butterflies a year long curriculum or setting up in school atriums and gardens.
Book signings and Artist In Residence programs can be arranged as well as all day science fairs including a free standing walk-by 'live' butterfly display. Prices vary accordingly to group size, location, and nature and duration of the presentations, so it is best to call for the best price available.
Rick Mikula ~ That Butterfly Guy
147 W. Carleton Ave, Hazleton PA. 18201
Ph/fx 570-459-1327 ~ butrfly@epix.net