Butterfly Nature has great information on the butterfly’s life cycle, a list of butterfly host plants, outstanding photos and much, much more! Visit Butterfly Nature to learn about the work of authors and butterfly enthusiasts Judy Burris and Wayne Richards.
Learn how to make an origami Monarch butterfly. All you need to do is print the pattern, get out your scissors and you’re ready. After a few folds and you have a beautiful paper monarch butterfly!
Nine great butterfly crafts from one website! It will be hard to decide what to make first-- the mobile, the string decoration, an egg carton caterpillar, a handprint butterfly or the colorful greeting card to send to a special friend.
Turn up your computer “virtual radio” and tune into these NPR broadcasts highlighting stories about butterflies
Maintained by the The Mountain Prairie Information Node, this site has coloring pages, information on how to determine if what you see is a butterfly or a moth, and photographs of butterflies from around the globe! You can even submit a butterfly-related question for one of their experts to answer personally!
Create your own butterfly mobile! Plus a mini-lesson on American artist Alexander Calder. Link to information on the rainforests and learn how to help conserve butterfly populations around the world.)
Fly into a great website — the “Club Caterpillar”! Choose from dozens of butterfly activities, games, and projects. Plus, check out the AWESOME electron microscope photos of butterfly scales.
Take a virtual trip to the world famous San Diego Zoo for all things butterfly… watch a short video, view a slide show and find out all kinds of cool facts about our favorite creatures!)
A great site dedicated to the monarch, includes the ’wiggle jiggle’ dance, monarch stories, a map, with animated butterflies tracing the monarch’s migration, photos of various forms of milkweed, for each season.
