NCSU: ENT/ort-8 PLANTING A BUTTERFLY GARDEN
This note prepared by S. Bambara and J. Baker, Extension Entomologists. Butterflies are colorful and interesting insects that have long been the favorites of collectors. Today, there are fanciers who, rather than pin dead specimens, prefer to ... [... more]
NC State University Coop Extension |
Butterflies through Binoculars: The West A Field Guide ...
 The New Standard for the Field!: A while back I wrote a review of the Peterson Series "Field Guide to Western Butterflies", which I had used in the field during the 4th of July Butterfly Count in the Organ Mountains of New Mexico. I gave it [... more]
$19.35
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Q & A: Bt Corn and Monarch Butterflies
There is no significant risk to monarch butterflies from environmental exposure to Bt corn, according to research conducted by a group of scientists coordinated by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), U.S. Department of Agriculture. This ... [... more]
Agricultural Research Service |
Butterflies & Moths of North America have moved!
Web sites are now operated by the Big Sky Institute at Montana State University and the NBII Mountain Prairie Information Node. Information previously found on these sites has been incorporated into the new Web sites were conceived and developed ... [... more]
Northern Prairie Research Center |
Growing Butterflies
All it takes is one chance planting of a species favored by butterflies to hook a gardener on a lifetime of planning to attract the lovely creatures. A few butterflies flitting from plant to plant can be the strokes that complete the perfect ... [... more]
Virginia Tech Extension |
How to Make Butterfly Gardens
Different species of butterflies have different preferences of nectar, in both colors and tastes. A wide variety of food plants will give the greatest diversity of visitors. Try staggering wild and cultivated plants, as well as blooming times of ... [... more]
University of Kentucky |
Butterflies Of West Africa
Butterflies Of West Africa/Larsen: This impressive two volume work illustrates and guides the reader through the extraordinary butterfly fauna of fifteen countries comprising tropical West Africa. From savannah to rain forest, each of the roughly 1,500 [... more]
$256.00
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Butterfly Gardening: Host Vines
Longer bloom period than Chinese wisteria; flowers (9 to 20 inches long); has 13 to 19 leaflets Primarily grown for foliage: foot-long, heart shaped leaves Trumpet-shaped flowers mid-spring to fall; native Hops, Common; Japanese hops Humulus ... [... more]
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Butterflies and Butterfly Gardening
West Virginia Wildlife: Butterflies and Butterfly Gardening in West Virginia Planting gardens with flowers that attract butterflies is a natural way to attract these lovely creatures to your yard, garden, patio, or even window sill. Brightly ... [... more]
West Viginia University |
Butterflies of the East Coast: An Observer's Guide
Butterfly light, butterfly bright: What part do beauty, grace and harmlessness play for the tough to get going when the going gets tough? According to authors Rick Cech and Guy Tudor, Charles Darwin would say none. For Darwin's survival of the fittest [... more]
$29.95
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Butterflies of North America: An Activity and Coloring Book
A fascinating, informative, and fun introduction: The effective collaboration of author Paul Opler and artist Susan Strawn, Butterflies Of North America is an educational coloring and activity book for young people, featuring word searches, word [... more]
$9.95
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The Butterflies of Iowa (Bur Oak Book)
Solid, thorough reference with quality photos of all IA species: Basics: 2007, softcover, 233 pages, 118 species, 392 color photos, distribution maps, seasonal flight bar-charts This book covers all butterflies known from Iowa. Each is shown by color [... more]
$29.95
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