Butterflies and Moths Insects Invertebrates Animals Living Things Science

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.

• Club Caterpillar - Features educational activities and games about caterpillars, butterflies, and moths.
  
• Butterflies at the Field Museum - Looks at different butterflies and their habitats.
  
• Flying Flowers - Butterfly gardening, raising butterflies and caterpillars. Special section for helping the kids with this project.
  
• Butterflies North and South - 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.
  
• Animal Facts: The Monarch Butterfly - Offers facts, photos, drawings, links, and a free printable coloring page.
  
• Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History - Information on the Oklahoma state butterfly, and how to build a butterfly garden.
  
• Beal School's Exploring Butterflies in Kindergarten - An up-close look at the bodies and life cycles of butterflies. Includes photos, drawings, scientific terms with definitions, and students' reflections.
  
• Butterflies Along Alaska's Hiking Trails - Photos and information about Alaskan butterflies by Mary Hopson.
  
• Monarchs and Migration - Lists ways kids can investigate butterflies. Also includes photos and stories. From the Science Museum of Minnesota.
  
• Monarch Watch - Dedicated to education, conservation, and research of the Monarch butterfly, features information about the life cycle, gardening instructions, migration and tagging, and curriculum guides.
  
• Butterflies - Basic information about all types of butterflies; includes information about the life span and life cycle of butterflies.
  
• All About Butterflies - A comprehensive on-line book about butterflies.
  
• Butterfly Fun - Includes printouts, games, printable stationary, and facts.
  
• Woolly Bear Caterpillar - Kids and Teens can learn the habitat, description, and range of the Wooly Bear Caterpillar and the Woolly Bear Caterpillar moth.
  
• The Effects of Ultraviolet Light On Tiger Swallowtails - Student research project testing the effects of UV light on butterflies.
  
• Monarch Conservation - A new way of tracking Monarch migration through isotopes, and a theory that Monarchs make their way to overwintering grounds by finding the thermals.
  
• Black Swallowtail Caterpillar - A few pictures and a paragraph describing this caterpillar.
  
• The Butterfly Website - 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.
  
• Gypsy Moth in North America - History of introduction of the gypsy moth to New England, maps showing current locations, photos of the life cycle.
  
• The Story of Silk - 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. [PDF]
  
• BillyBear4Kids.com ... Butterfly and Bugs - Photographs show the life cycle of a monarch butterfly. Also includes fact sheets, printable coloring pages, craft ideas, and online games.
  
• The Butterfly Site - Includes information on gardening, biology, breeding, and conservation. Also provides fun facts, activities, and pictures.
  
  

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