Directory of Butterflies and Moths Resources

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This category lists pages and sites that tell about butterflies and moths. All pages are suitable for children to use for both school projects and personal enjoyment.

Subcategories

• Butterfly Gardening

Resources in This Category

• All About Butterflies

  http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/butterflies/allabout/
  A comprehensive on-line book about butterflies.

• Butterflies

  http://www.defenders.org/butterflies/basic-facts
  Basic information about all types of butterflies; includes information about the life span and life cycle of butterflies.

• Butterflies Along Alaska's Hiking Trails

  http://www.turtlepuddle.org/alaskan/ak_butterflies.html
  Photos and information about Alaskan butterflies by Mary Hopson.

• Butterflies North and South

  http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/edu/ViewLoitCollection.do?method=preview&lang=EN&id=7197
  Photos of butterflies from Canada and Peru, basic facts about butterflies, information about butterfly conservation and tips for creating butterfly gardens in 4 specific regions of Canada. Includes some games and educational activities.

• Butterfly Fun

  http://www.primarygames.com/science/butterflies/butterflies.htm
  Includes printouts, games, printable stationary, and facts.

• Children's Butterfly Site

  http://www.kidsbutterfly.org/
  Learn all about butterflies and moths. Includes a coloring page with the life cycle of the Monarch, and a gallery of pictures.

• Cocoon.Org

  http://www.cocoon.org/
  Life cycle of the butterfly in flash animations including cocoon, larva, pupa, caterpillar and butterfly. Find articles, stories, cartoons, and coloring page.

• Flying Flowers

  http://melanys.tripod.com/
  Butterfly gardening, raising butterflies and caterpillars. Special section for helping the kids with this project.

• Gypsy Moth in North America

  http://www.fs.fed.us/ne/morgantown/4557/gmoth/
  History of introduction of the gypsy moth to New England, maps showing current locations, photos of the life cycle.

• Monarch Conservation

  http://whyfiles.org/083isotope/index.html
  A new way of tracking Monarch migration through isotopes, and a theory that Monarchs make their way to overwintering grounds by finding the thermals.

• Monarch Watch

  http://www.monarchwatch.org/
  Dedicated to education, conservation, and research of the Monarch butterfly, features information about the life cycle, gardening instructions, migration and tagging, and curriculum guides.

• Monarchs and Migration

  http://www.smm.org/sln/monarchs/
  Lists ways kids can investigate butterflies. Also includes photos and stories. From the Science Museum of Minnesota.

• The Butterfly Site

  http://www.thebutterflysite.com/
  Includes information on gardening, biology, breeding, and conservation. Also provides fun facts, activities, and pictures.

• The Butterfly Website

  http://butterflywebsite.com/
  Extensive collection of butterfly information, including an atlas of butterflies, locations of butterfly gardens and houses, a photo gallery, stories, and information about obtaining grants to make a butterfly garden at your school.

• The Story of Silk

  http://www.wormspit.com/bhg_silk.pdf
  Book by Harriet G. Brown describes the life of a caterpillar as it spins silk threads to form its cocoon. Learn how the thread is made into cloth.

• Woolly Bear Caterpillar

  http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/detail.asp?recnum=BU0165
  Kids and Teens can learn the habitat, description, and range of the Wooly Bear Caterpillar and the Woolly Bear Caterpillar moth.

 

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