Butterfly Education Resources
Some Useful Links
Butterfly Education & Identification webites
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Butterfly Learning & Research websites
EnchantedLearning.com - Butterfly and Moth Printouts
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/butterfly/activities/printouts/index.shtml
Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House Education Center.
http://www.butterflyschool.org/teacher/index.html
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum: Butterfly Lab
http://www.chias.org/online/thebutterflylab/
The Red Admiral and Painted Lady Research Site:
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~mariposa/homepage.html
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005
To: IBBA Mailing List
From: Jon Timko
Subject: 3 page list of links to research articles on the web on Lepidoptera
New online resource on Lepidoptera now functional.
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Ron Gatrelle Mar 28, 11:42 pm show options
Newsgroups: sci.bio.entomology.lepidoptera
From: gatre...@tils-ttr.org (Ron Gatrelle) - Find messages by this author
Date: 28 Mar 2005 23:42:31 -0800
Local: Mon, Mar 28 2005 11:42 pm
Subject: New online resource on Lepidoptera now functional.
The new Online Library section of the TILS web site is now up and running. The direct link is http://tils-ttr.org/Online.html This is a 23 page list of links to research articles on the web on Lepidoptera, and is continually being updated. There is supposed to be a title on the first page that says: "An Online Library of Lepidoptera Resources: Continually Updated". Compiled by: Harry Pavulaan
This title got ommitted on the first upload. Oops. Will get that up asap.
It is easy to go to the TILS home page from this section by just clicking on
the masthead. If you have titiles and links to add to this contact Harry
at pavul...@tils-ttr.org If you find any links that don't work for whatever reason, please email Harry and let him know what they are.
Each link should just open right up (might take a bit of time with a slow
hookup). But if you get any weird download function boxes popping up, get
with our web master Joe Mueller at, j...@joeslittleworld.com as this would
be a problem with the way your PC is configured to open these kinds of
files. Don't email me as I'm pretty computer illiterate and of no help with
these things.
Ronald R. Gatrelle, president
The International Lepidoptera Survey
gatre...@tils-ttr.org
http://www.tils-ttr.org
Some Butterfly Craft Links
Monarch Butterfly Life Cycle coloring page
http://lsvl.la.asu.edu/askabiologist/expstuff/pdffiles/cpage8.pdf
Line drawing and coloring guide for showy milkweed:
http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/uma/urban/flowers.htm
Coloring picture - A. asperula
http://www.nps.gov/plants/color/txhill/1.htm
Monarch Magic Lifcycle Booklet (to print out and color)- 4 pages
http://lsvl.la.asu.edu/askabiologist/expstuff/pdffiles/cpage8.pdf
Monarch Coloring Pages from Children's Butterfly Site
http://www2.tltc.ttu.edu/thomas/classPet/1999/butterfly/coloring.htm
National Geographic Monarch Coloring Page
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/coloringbook/sketch_butterflies.html
Some more craft links
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/butterfly/
http://www.tammyyee.com/origamibutterfly.html
http://aikokai.virtualave.net/Origami/ButterflyOrigami.htm
http://www.colorfolds.com/diagrams/diagrams.html
http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/butterfly1.html
http://www.4momsathome.com/articles/butterfly_candle_holders.html
EnchantedLearning.com:
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/butterfly/
Butterflies of North America
Journey North: Monarch Butterfly - Annual Variations in Spring Migration Patterns (animated maps showing Recolonization of Eastern North America
Springs 2000, 2001 and 2002
http://www.learner.org/jnorth/tm/monarch/MigrationAnimation2000-Present.html
The USGS site shows photos of North American butterflies at various stages in their lifecycle. Searchable by State:
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/bflyusa/bflyusa.htm
Here is the equivalent site for moths:
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/moths/mothsusa.htm
Prairie Watch
http://dnr.state.il.us/orep/inrin/ecowatch/PrairieWatch/index.htm
Butterfly and Moth Caterpillars - Identification Guide
http://www3.islandtelecom.com/~oehlkew/catanim.htm
(includes links to several related sites)
Butterflies of Europe
http://members.lycos.co.uk/nigelblake2/web2/insects/insects.htm
http://www.geocities.com/europeanbutterflies//indexUS.htm
Butterfly Sight - a European Butterfly Study
http://telematics.ex.ac.uk/butterfly/identity.htm
Butterflies of Poland Database
http://motyle.biol.uni.torun.pl/eng/amotyle.htm
Butterflies of Asia
Butterflies of Singapore
http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Vines/2382/bflypage.htm
Recommended Books
The following correspondence is taken from the IBBA Mailing List.
From: Mona Miller
Subject: Re: Caterpillars of Pacific Northwest
There's also another one for the Pacific Northwest (take from TIL-Leps list):
Hello all,
There is now a new book in the USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team (FHTET) series. "Lepidoptera of the Pacific Northwest: Caterpillars and Adults" is the third, and likely the last, book from Jeff Miller and Paul Hammond on PNW leps. There is a little overlap in content with the previous two books, the first of which covered just caterpillars of butterflies and moths and the second book covered macromoth adults. The beauty of the new book is it brings together adults of both butterflies and macromoths of the PNW with their larvae in full color. Jeff Miller's digital photography is beautiful. It is 8.5 X 11 (approx.) inch landscape format.
Here is perhaps the best news. It's FREE from the Forest Service. To receive your own copy, please contact:
Richard C. Reardon
USDA Forest Service
180 Canfield Street
Morgantown, WV 26505
(304) 285-1563
rreardon@fs.fed.us
"Lepidoptera of the Pacific Northwest: Caterpillars and Adults"
Publication No. FHTET-2003-03, December 2003
Richard A. Worth
Insect Program Specialist & Lepidopterist
Oregon Department of Agriculture, Plant Division
rworth@oda.state.or.us
(503) 986-6461
From: Mackinac Island Butterfly House
Subject: Caterpillars of Eastern American Forests
This is an awesome book ... I was able to obtain a dozen and give them out to VERY serious critter people.
Not only is it a fantastic book have you seen the Macro moths of Eastern Forests? It is also free and a great resource. I am a bit out of the loop right now as a worm squiggle into both my home and work computer on the same day so I am only inter-netable right now on borrowed time.
Lee
The Really Big Butterfly Coloring Book
The Really Big Butterfly Coloring Book is a very special, large-format (nearly 18" wide x 24" tall) coloring book for all ages to enjoy. Includes 20 pages of coloring pictures based on over 100 real life butterfly and moth photographs. Each coloring page has accompanying text providing interesting facts about each of the species shown. The book also contains bonus educational and activity pages that will help children to learn about and enjoy the wonderful world of butterflies.
Featuring photography, artwork, graphic design and informative text by IBBA Members Paul Chesterfield, Nigel Venters and Linda Rogers of The Butterfly Boutique.
Really Big Coloring Books are the perfect fund-raiser for civic, school, business and education groups. Really Big Coloring Books sell themselves! Each book is printed on high quality white paper, perforated for easy display. The colorful cover is printed on cardstock which may be hung as a poster.
Tested by kids, offers hours of coloring fun!
Really Big Coloring Books are teaching/learning tools, tell a story, and promote quality reading time for children, and their families and friends.
Click HERE for pictures and more details.
