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Butterflies  

Butterflies of New York
A great page with pictures and information on all the butterflies found in New York state from USGS.

USGS Children's Butterfly Site
Overview of the butterfly life cycle, frequently asked questions about butterflies, butterfly photographs, and other Internet resources.

The Butterfly Lab--Life Cycle
Discover the body Parts of a butterfly...

The Butterfly Lab--Anatomy
Discover the body parts of a butterfly...

Painted Lady Butterflies   [top]

Karner Blue Butterfly

  • Karner Blue Butterfly-National Wildlife Federation
    Information on life cycle, how it survives winter, range, population size and more.

Monarch

Zebra Swallowtail

Teacher Resources    [top]

Observing the Life Cycle of a Butterfly
http://www.sciencenetlinks.com/lessons.cfm?DocID=6
A lesson plan from Science NetLinks

Butterflies: On The Wings of Freedom
http://library.thinkquest.org/C002251/index.shtml
This site, a gold award ThinkQuest winner, has a tremendous amount of information on butterflies.  The aim of the site is to illustrate the various relations between butterflies and humans, from agricultural pests, the endangerment of nature to butterfly gardening, butterflies as models for technical solutions and human fantasy.

Butterflies
http://edtech.kennesaw.edu/web/butfly.html
A great list of Butterfly links.

Insects on the Web
http://bugbios.com/index.html
In Insecta there are great photos of butterfly wing patterns.

Where do Butterflies Come From?
http://www.hhmi.org/coolscience/butterfly/index.html
Online adventure on butterflies, interesting facts and animation and hands on activities (developed by the Scotia-Glenville Museum).

Monarch Watch

Save the Pine Bush--more information on the Karner Blue Butterfly.

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