Butterflies

Butterfly Organizations:

The Butterfly Website: http://butterflywebsite.com/
Contains a photo gallery, butterfly gardening information, and listings of each butterfly and the foods they prefer.

Monarch Watch: http://www.monarchwatch.org/index.html
A nonprofit dedicated to improving the plight of the Monarch.  Monarch numbers have dropped drastically since 2005, so they are asking for volunteers to become a certified Monarch Waystations.  Monarch Watch will provide seed packets for 12 varieties of host and nectar plants ($16) for your butterfly garden.

Butterflies and Moths of North America: http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/ 
Shares photographs and information on each specie including distribution maps by US county and Mexican state.  It also contains a wonderful and informative site for kids and lesson plans for teachers found here http://www.kidsbutterfly.org/.

Watch The Incredible Journey of the Butterfly: At

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/butterflies/program.html

OR purchase this fascinating video of the 2000 mile Monarch migration at

http://www.shoppbs.org/product/index.jsp?productId=3444801 

The Audubon Society: http://www.mastervision.com/mv-bfly.html
A video series on butterflies and butterfly gardening.

Skippers of the Northeast: http://www.rkwalton.com/skip.htm
Is an online video series identifying Skippers.

Pick the Pollinator: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/flower/pollinator.html

An online interactive game created by PBS NOVA, where participants match the plant with the pollinator.
 

Nature’s Partners: Pollinators, Plants and You: http://www.nappc.org/curriculum/intro.php

An excellent curriculum for students and great information for adults.

The Pollinator Partnership: http://www.pollinator.org/ 
A nonprofit focused on bringing our pollinators home.

Pollinator friendly planting guides based on zip code: http://www.pollinator.org/multimedia.htm
Online videos and the latest information on the numbers and status of our remaining pollinators and the reasons for their decline.   

Butterfly Quest: http://www.butterflyquest.net/
Distributes free information in a CD format which can be utilized in the classroom or at home for those interested in learning about butterflies.

Pollinator’s, Busy Doing What? http://tv.hww.ca/video/watch/1

Watch the Canadian Hinterland Who’s Who webisode on pollination. 
 

The US Forest Service: http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/plantstrategies/index.shtml 
Describing the different types of pollination including wind, water, animals and insects.