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Butterfly Habitat at Springs Preserve reopens — PICTURES

A two-tailed Swallowtail is photographed at the Butterfly Habitat inside the Springs Preserve Botanical Gardens in Las Vegas during the season opening day Saturday, March 14, 2015. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

People tour the Butterfly Habitat during their season opening day inside the Springs Preserve Botanical Gardens in Las Vegas Saturday, March 14, 2015. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Skyler Nelson, 8, left, with his mother, Amy, tour the Butterfly Habitat during the season opening day inside the Springs Preserve Botanical Gardens in Las Vegas Saturday, March 14, 2015. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Amy Nelson, left, with her son Skyler, 8, takes a photo of a butterfly in a self-guided tour of the Butterfly Habitat during the season opening day inside the Springs Preserve Botanical Gardens in Las Vegas Saturday, March 14, 2015. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Rick Miller takes a photo of a butterfly in a self-guided tour of the Butterfly Habitat during the season opening day inside the Springs Preserve Botanical Gardens in Las Vegas Saturday, March 14, 2015. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Claire Ehrsam looks at butterflies in a self-guided tour of the Butterfly Habitat during the season opening day inside the Springs Preserve Botanical Gardens in Las Vegas Saturday, March 14, 2015. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

Lucas Weiss, 2, left, with his brother, Zachary, 4, look at butterflies inside the Butterfly Habitat at the Springs Preserve Botanical Gardens in Las Vegas during the season opening day Saturday, March 14, 2015. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

The entrance to the Butterfly Habitat inside the Springs Preserve Botanical Gardens in Las Vegas is seen during the season opening day Saturday, March 14, 2015. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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By ERIK VERDUZCO LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

March 15, 2015 - 6:35 pm

Las Vegas has finally warmed up enough that the Butterfly Habitat at the Springs Preserve Botanical Gardens was able to reopen Saturday.

Visitors are allowed to take self guided tours, and the Springs Preserve offers guided walks through their Botanical Gardens every Saturday and Sunday.

Learn more here.

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