Pupa Exportation – the Demand for Belize's Butterflies!
Javier Saqui “I think they don’t have the species there. In those big countries, they don’t have the forests left and so they want to buy pupa here. They also have big conservatories there where they wait for the butterfly to emerge out of their pupa.” The Saquis will tell you that pupa exportation is a lot of work – it involves precise calculations and a lot of careful packaging for this precious cargo. All this work happens in the breeding facility. Higinio Chiac, Employee, Belize Pupae Supply & Ya’axkin Butterfly Farm “We move them into different container, size b...