Butterflies

Welcome to the Children's Butterfly Site! This kid-friendly site, maintained by the Big Sky Institute at Montana State University, is full of photos, coloring pages and facts. Don't miss the heart-warming Species Stories submitted by volunteer authors.

Did you know that butterflies actually taste with their feet?  For fun facts like this and more you have to check out this site, Butterfly Jungle!  Not only do they offer some interesting facts about butterflies, but also gardening tips to best attract them.  Butterfly Jungle also has a section that offers live butterfly releases for any special occasions!

Not only will you find the specific facts on all of the species of butterflies at this site, but you will also get loads of information on moths, too! This site feeds you the facts on taxonomic groups, allows you to perform species and map searches, and has a comprehensive photo gallery.

The Milk Week Cafe offers really great information about butterflies in a 'did you know?' answer and question format, answering some commonly asked questions, along with questions that provoke little known facts!  This site also offers link to butterfly photos, from the conventional butterfly pictures to their emergence from their chrysalis to some really really close-up microscope images!

KidZone provides easy to understand information about butterflies, primarily directed towards children, but can also be used by adults and  teachers as a useful resource. Not only does this site provide some quick and interesting facts about butterflies, along with some really amazing photos of their various stages of life, but also jigsaw puzzles and coloring pages.

Butterfly Conservation's site is a UK site, dedicated to helping save butterflies, moths, and their habitat  and is a wonderful site to learn about all things butterfly!  It seems like the information on this site never ends, from their fact sheets about individual butterfly species to information about their migratory patterns and habitats.  This site is ideal for anyone who is looking for information about specific butterfly species or someone interested in butterfly conservation!  My favorite part was a video about the High Brown Fritillary butterfly in the "Butterflies on film" section, so be sure to check it out!