1. Butterfly - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia A butterfly is an insect of the order Lepidoptera. Like all Lepidoptera, butterflies are notable for their unusual life cycle with a larval caterpillar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly

Butterfly From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search For other uses, see Butterfly (disambiguation) Butterflies Cairns Birdwing , the largest butterfly in Australia Melbourne Zoo Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera (unranked) Rhopalocera Superfamilies and families Superfamily Hedyloidea Hedylidae Superfamily Hesperioidea Hesperiidae Superfamily Papilionoidea Papilionidae Pieridae Nymphalidae ... Riodinidae A butterfly is an insect of the order Lepidoptera . Like all Lepidoptera, butterflies are notable for their unusual life cycle with a larval caterpillar stage, an inactive pupal stage, and a spectacular metamorphosis into a familiar and colourful winged adult form. Most species are day-flying so they regularly attract attention. The diverse patterns formed by their brightly coloured wings and their erratic yet graceful flight have made butterfly watching a fairly popular hobby. Butterflies comprise the true butterflies (superfamily Papilionoidea ), the skippers (Superfamily Hesperioidea ) and the moth-butterflies (Superfamily Hedyloidea ). Butterflies exhibit

2. Children's Butterfly Site Learn all about butterflies and moths. Includes a coloring page with the life cycle of the Monarch, and a gallery of pictures. http://bsi.montana.edu/web/kidsbutterfly/

@import "misc/drupal.css"; @import "themes/kidsbutterfly_theme2/style.css"; Children's Butterfly Site Where do you want to go? Home Coloring Pages Life Cycle Frequently Asked Questions ... Butterflies and Moths of North America Featured Photograph Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa) Key Partner The Children's Butterfly Site is an NBII resource, managed by the Mountain Prairie Node Despite their small size, butterflies and moths are some of the World's most wondrous animals. Their beauty, seemingly miraculous metamorphosis, and apparently carefree flight all spark our imaginations. In the following pages, we provide... Coloring pages that show the life cycle of the monarch. An overview of the butterfly and moth life cycle Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about butterflies and moths. References to butterfly and moth books and videos , including Butterfly Gardens, Activities with Butterflies, and Teacher Resources. Links to other Internet sites with additional information about these fascinating insects. A gallery of butterfly photographs from Asia, Western Europe, North America, and Central America.

3. Zoom Butterflies - Enchanted Learning Software butterflies at Zoom School is all about butterflies, their anatomy, life cycles and reproduction, diet, senses, defense mechanisms, flying, etc. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/butterfly/

Zoom Butterflies Zoom Butterflies is a comprehensive on-line hypertext book about butterflies. It is designed for students of all ages and levels of comprehension. It has an easy-to-use structure that allows readers to start at a basic level on each topic, and then to progress to much more advanced information as desired, simply by clicking on links. Butterfly Table of Contents LITTLE EXPLORERS ENCHANTED LEARNING SOFTWARE BUSY LITTLE BRAINS CD-ROM for children ... Send us E-mail

4. ENature: FieldGuides: Butterflies Searchable nature and wildlife database with thumbnail image galleries and profiles. http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/intermediate.asp?curGroupID=2

5. Butterflies Monarch Watch Seeks to involve thousands of students and adults in a cooperative study of the monarch butterfly s fall migration. http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/butfly.html

Butterflies Research/Informational Sites Butterflies - Check this site out...A lot to choose from. Butterflies and Bugs - From BillyBear4Kids Butterflies and Migration - Includes pictures, links, and information on migration. Butterflies are Blooming - Learn about butterflies, butterfly gardening, butterfly cam, and more. Butterflies at the Field Museum - Includes butterfly basics, habitats and a great collection of pictures. Butterflies vs. Moths Butterflies North and South - A well-designed site that covers many aspects of butterflies including butterfly species, butterfly gardens, a glossary, and an educational game on metamorphosis Butterflies of North America - Click on a state to find out what type of butterflies are there. Butterfly Basics - Everything you want to know about butterflies! Butterfly Cam - A project by a Resource Classroom studying butterflies and moths. Great project....Go kids!!!! Butterfly Collection - Collection of butterfly images Butterfly Gardens Butterfly Guide - Butterflies from all over the U.S. Butterfly Habitats Butterfly House - Take the virtual tour.

6. Beal School's Exploring Butterflies In Kindergarten An upclose look at the bodies and life cycles of butterflies. Includes photos, drawings, scientific terms with definitions, and students reflections. http://www.shrewsbury-ma.gov/schools/beal/curriculum/butterfly/butterflies.html

See a butterfly's life cycle Look at the parts of a butterfly's body Look at the parts of a caterpillar's body Look at the parts of a chrysalid's body Visit the Butterfly Greenhouse at Beal School. Look at different kinds of Massachusett's butterflies and moths Find out facts about butterflies and moths. Find out the differences between moths and butterflies Check out a list of butterfly books in the media center. Visit other butterfly web sites. See children's observations and artwork. Find out more about our butterfly curriculum Answer a butterfly challenge question! Send us an e-mail Please send comments to Charlene Costello

7. Denver Family Fun - Denver Kids Fun - Childrens Activities Denver The Butterfly Pavilion combines science education with handson fun to teach visitors about invertebrates, science and conservation. http://www.butterflies.org/

@import url("globals/images/main-nav-banner.css"); Tropical Conservatory Crawl-A-See-Em Water's Edge Shrunk ... Donate AC_FL_RunContent('codebase','http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0','allowScriptAccess','sameDomain','wmode','transparent','width','319','height','334','src','globals/images/BP Flash','quality','high','pluginspage','http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash','movie','globals/images/BP Flash'); //end AC code Home About Us Blog Volunteer ... Resources - Denver Family Fun - Denver Kids Fun

8. Butterflies There are over 15000 different species (kinds) of butterflies. Rain forests have the most kinds of butterflies; but butterflies live in woodlands, fields, http://42explore.com/butter.htm

The Topic: Butterflies Easier - Butterflies are thin insects with four large, often bright colored wings. Harder - Butterflies and moths comprise the insect group called Lepidoptera. However, butterflies are different from moths. There are over 15,000 different species (kinds) of butterflies. Rain forests have the most kinds of butterflies; but butterflies live in woodlands, fields, prairies. Some even live on cold mountaintops, while many others live in hot deserts. Butterflies live almost everywhere in the world. The Butterfly Farm S.A. http://www.butterflyfarm.co.cr/ This site provides information on butterfly bodies, how they grow, their defense mechanisms, and the difference between a moth and a butterfly. Don't miss the Student's Guide to Butterflies section. Monica the Monarch http://www2.cybernex.net/~dbenz/monarch.htm

9. Butterflies Of all the insects, none elicit pleasure and curiosity more readily than butterflies. Like the abundance of verdant mountains and beaches, butterflies are http://centralamerica.com/cr/butterfly/

B utterflies Of all the insects, none elicit pleasure and curiosity more readily than butterflies. Like the abundance of verdant mountains and beaches, butterflies are ever present during one's visit to Costa Rica. There is nowhere one goes, whether a 3,000 meter volcanic summit or the arid plains of Guanacaste where butterflies are not present. Costa Rica is unusually blessed by the diversity of it's butterflies. There exists about 20,000 butterfly species worldwide. Of these, about 1,000 or 5% can be found in Costa Rica. An Outline of Butterfly Physiology Butterflies are insects. By definition, all insects posses six legs and three body segments: head, thorax and abdomen. The three most salient features of the head are the antennae, the eyes and the proboscis. The antennae are used for balance in flight and olfactory sensation. Butterflies possess fragile wings. The wings can wear easily through normal use. They can also be badly damaged by predators which when attacking the butterfly grab only the wing rather than the body. Despite the loss of even the majority of their wing surface area, a butterfly will continue to be able to fly and navigate. They can do this because of the sense of balance afforded them by their antennae. The antennae are also useful for smell. Female butterflies release pheromones (like a perfume) into the air. The male butterflies of many species can detect the pheromones from as far away as 2 kilometers (over a mile). Depending on the concentration of the pheromones, the male will be able to find the female to mate with her. It's worth noting that some species of moths are sensitive to the presence of the females' pheromones up to five kilometers (about three miles) distant.

10. The Butterfly Conservatory | American Museum Of Natural History Tropical butterflies can be viewed on the live cam. Includes a virtual tour, museum ticket information and a FAQ document on butterflies. http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/butterflies/cams.php

If you feel this page is not displaying correctly, you may need to upgrade your browser. The Butterfly Cam is Closed Movie Clips In order to view our movie clips, please take a moment to download the free QuickTime plug-in for your browser (unless you already have it). Go to www.apple.com/quicktime/download/ and follow the directions on the screen. Click below to view pre-recorded movie clips of butterflies in the exhibit: Monarchs dine at a nectar feeding station. A swallowtail feeds in the vivarium. A zebra longwing emerges from its chrysalis.

11. Butterfly Cam www.dcboces.org/sufsd/nassau/vitek/butterfly/index.html butterflies. http://www.dcboces.org/sufsd/nassau/vitek/butterfly/index.html

Click on a butterfly or the links below to start your adventure! Home Butterflies Plants Lifecycle Festival ... oths! This website was developed by Karen A. Vitek and her students. Comments and questions may be directed to our Webmaster at our district office. Webmastr@do.sufsd.dcboces.org Please indicate in your subject line that you are writing about the "Butterfly Cam" website. This website was made possible by Mid-Hudson Teacher Center Mini-Grants Education World gave our site an A rating! Last updated on September 22, 2002

12. Where Do Butterflies Come From? A simple handson look at the life cycle of butterflies. http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/butterfly/index.html

Ever wonder where a butterfly comes from? It comes from a chrysalis (KRIS-uh-liss) which is also called a pupa. A chrysalis looks like a tiny leathery pouch. You can find one underneath some leaves in the summer. Here's what you need: Toilet-paper tube Tongue depressor or ice-cream pop stick Heavy paper 6" (150 mm) piece of pipe cleaner, folded in half Markers or crayons Scissors and glue Here's what you do: Cut out and color a butterfly from the heavy paper. Use any colors, but make both halves look the same. Put a small hole at the top of the butterfly's head. Color the toilet paper tube to look like a chrysalis. (A monarch butterfly's chrysalis is green, but you can use any color.) Take a piece of pipe cleaner and shape it like the letter "V". Put one point through the little hole in the butterfly's head and then twist it to look like antennae. Butterflies use these "feelers" to learn about their environment. Glue the butterfly to one end of the tongue depressor or ice-cream pop stick. Let the glue dry. Curl the butterfly's wings and slide it into the chrysalis.

13. Butterflies Of The Rain Forest: KidExplorers.com butterflies are among the most beautiful and marvelous creatures in all of nature. Tropical Central and South America is the richest region in the world for http://www.christiananswers.net/kids/butterflies.html

Butterflies of the Rain Forest B utterflies are among the most beautiful and marvelous creatures in all of nature. Tropical Central and South America is the richest region in the world for butterflies, but they are found in many other places as well. Costa Rica has over 1300 species. A butterfly's life begins with a very tiny egg laid on a leaf. From this develops a larva, the butterfly's caterpillar stage. Eventually, the larva makes a cocoon or chrysalis. Safe inside, it develops into a pupa. Eventually, a beautiful butterfly is released from this container, flying heavenward, fully-developed. What an astounding transformation, from a humble, earth bound worm-like creature to a delicate flying wonder! The adult usually eventually returns to the very plant or tree trunk where it grew up. There it lays its own eggs and begins the process anew (a 2 to 3 month cycle). Did you know that... The color in a butterfly's wings does not come from pigment. The color is produced prism-like by light reflected by their transparent wing scales. Stranger yet, no moth or butterfly eats solid food (though some butterflies drink nectar); some can not even take in moisture.

14. Encyclopedia Smithsonian: Butterflies Due to their bright colors and visits to flowers, butterflies are the most familiar of insects to humans. There are about 17500 species of butterflies in http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/nmnh/buginfo/butterfly.htm

Butterflies Nymphalidae: Colobura sp., Brazil. Smithsonian photo by Kjell B. Sandved. (c) 1999 Smithsonian Institution. Numbers of species. Due to their bright colors and visits to flowers, butterflies are the most familiar of insects to humans. There are about 17,500 species of butterflies in the world, and around 750 species in the United States. Distinctive characteristics. Butterflies (and moths) are the only group of insects that have scales covering their wings, although some butterflies have reduced scales. They differ from other insects also by their ability to coil up their proboscis. Immatures. Caterpillars are the names given to the larvae of both butterflies and moths. They are usually very distinctive, and in some cases may be identified more easily than the adults. When they are developing, their skin may be shed four or more times, with each molt often changing the coloration and appearance of the caterpillar. They eat voraciously to transform plant material into tissues that they will need for metamorphosis. Plant associations.

15. Butterflies - North American Butterfly Association A membershipbased not-for-profit organization working to increase public enjoyment and conservation of butterflies. http://www.naba.org/

Hot Topics Butterfly Gardening and Habitat Program 2008 Count Forms Available ... ButterflyBuzz (Online Store) NABA-CHAT Longtails Rio Grande Prix of Butterflying ... Butterflies I've Seen Web Site (Sightings Database/Life List) North American Butterfly Images Binoculars for Butterflying Butterfly Links Members Membership (New or Renewal): By Mail or Online American Butterflies Magazine Butterfly Gardener Butterfly Gardening and ... Habitat Program (New) Other Publications NABA Butterfly Counts 2008 Count Forms Available NEW Online Count Form Coming Soon Jul 4-United States Jul 1-Canada Sep 16-Mexico Memorial Day (US) ... Personal Notices The North American Butterfly Association (NABA) is, by far, the largest group of people in North America (Canada, United States, and Mexico) interested in butterflies. We are a membership-based not-for-profit organization working to increase public enjoyment and conservation of butterflies. We are working to save butterfly species throughout North America (recent grants have helped the endangered Schaus' Swallowtail in Florida and contributed to developing a long term survival plan for Monarchs) and developing educational programs about butterflies for schools and park rangers and naturalists. NABA has convinced the U.S. Army to conduct further studies before implementing a plan that would destroy the last known colony of Regal Fritillaries east of the Mississippi River. Our publications are changing the way people view butterflies, teaching them how to find butterflies, how to identify them, how to create successful butterfly gardens, and how to photograph them. Your involvement with butterflies will help to bring beauty and satisfaction to your life.

16. Color + Design Blog / Colorful Beauty In Nature: Butterflies By COLOURlovers One particular place to find amazing colors in nature is the Butterfly and lucky for us there are 17500 species of butterflies in the world. http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2007/06/01/colorful-beauty-in-nature-butterflie

Forums Palettes Patterns Colors ... Add Group Active Lovers [Record: 1991 on 12 November, 2007] Username Password Remember Me? showSubNav("Nav5"); Everything Articles News Trends ... Colorful Beauty in Nature: Butterflies By COLOURlover in Popular Science News Print this page var digg_url = "http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2007/06/01/colorful-beauty-in-nature-butterflies/"; var reddit_url = "http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/2007/06/01/colorful-beauty-in-nature-butterflies/"; var reddit_title = "Colorful+Beauty+in+Nature%3A+Butterflies"; One particular place to find amazing colors in nature is the Butterfly and lucky for us there are 17,500 species of butterflies in the world. They use their bright colors to ward of predators by tricking them into thinking they are poisonous (some actually are) or by camouflaging themselves into plants or bigger insects. Swallowtails again by Orbital Joe Butterfly by gmcmenn Lily by TannyTan by Infosix Papillon bleu by Infosix Monarch Butterfly by fyimo Waiting To Fly by Papillon bleu by melolou Elena is warming up by Glenset Lemon Emigrant by Le papillon l©opard by Infosix by Happy by Silver studded blue by Another Phuket Butterfly by Scarce Swallowtail by Orangetip, Bintree Woods

17. Welcome! | Butterflies And Moths Of North America Comprehensive guide to the Lepidoptera of the United States and northern Mexico, including a photographic identification guide, county checklists, http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/

@import "/modules/book/book.css"; @import "/modules/node/node.css"; @import "/modules/system/defaults.css"; @import "/modules/system/system.css"; @import "/modules/user/user.css"; @import "/sites/all/modules/glossary/glossary.css"; @import "/sites/all/themes/bamona_zen/bamona_zen-fixed/style.css"; Butterflies and Moths of North America Occurrence maps, species accounts, checklists, and photographs Home Site Navigation Taxonomic Groups Map Search Species Search Image Gallery More Information About Acknowledgments Cite This Resource Contact Us ... News Announcement We are seeking skilled lepidopterists to serve as state and regional coordinators. Find out more. Welcome! Welcome to Butterflies and Moths of North America, a searchable database of verified butterfly and moth records in the United States and Mexico. This site includes dynamic distribution maps, photographs, species accounts, and species checklists for each county in the U.S. and each state in Mexico. Taxonomic Groups Browse by Families and Subfamilies to find species of interest. Map Search Select a state or county and view a checklist of records for that region.

18. Butterfly Pictures - Photo.net If you wish to see more of my butterfly photos, check out my collection from Costa Rica. These are also available as large prints for your wall. http://photo.net/photo/butterflies/

19. Academy Of Natural Sciences - Butterflies! butterflies! is a new permanent exhibit at The Academy of Natural Sciences. It features live butterflies, a tropical garden and computer interactives. http://www.ansp.org/museum/butterflies/index.php

The Academy of Natural Sciences search skip to content Visit Getting Here ... Staff Portal You are in: Home Museum Butterflies! Butterflies! Live Butterflies Exhibit Butterfly Zoo A Tropical Garden in Philadelphia Butterflies!, a completely redesigned permanent exhibit, features a lush, tropical garden filled with colorful plants and a multitude of exotic butterflies from around the globe. As you stroll through the world of these enchanting creatures, knowledgeable Academy staff will be on hand to answer all your questions. In addition, Butterflies! features: computer stations with interactive games about butterfly habitats, body parts, responses to global warming and general trivia a chamber of live pupae from which you may see butterflies emerging (if you're there at the right time!) a live animal kiosk comparing different kinds of metamorphosis in insects and frogs. There will be a $2 fee to enter Butterflies! in addition to museum admission. Members enter free. ( See Membership top of page Butterflies! Menu Introduction Butterflies! Species

20. The Butterfly Collection At The Field Museum Explains the basic characteristics of butterflies, tells about their habitats, and shows photos from the museum s collection. http://www.fieldmuseum.org/butterfly/default.htm

Butterfly Collection Butterfly Home Butterfly Collection Butterfly Habitats ... Field Museum Home 1400 S. Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60605-2496 Linking Policy Technical Support webmaster@fieldmuseum.org

A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z

Page 1     1-20 of 81    1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | Next 20