The lab breeds about 30,000 caterpillars each year, and sends about 24,000 pupae to be released in the aviary.

[1] In July 2004, Charles & Pip Woodward of the CaPTA Group joined Paul and Sue right in an equal partnership.

The CaPTA Group bought the remaining share of the Australian Butterfly Sanctuary a few years later.

All butterflies are raised in the sanctuaries laboratory from caterpillar to pupa stages.

Species on display include:[5] The Australian Butterfly Sanctuary appeared in Better Homes and Gardens in which Dr Harry Cooper explored the aviary and met its colourful residents.