Spicebush Swallowtail Caterpillar

Here are some FREE Butterfly Coloring Pages for you to print out. There is no reason to ever be bored with so many fun butterfly projects to work on! Be creative with our free butterfly drawings, like use them as butterfly stencils. Some of our drawings of butterflies are simple butterfly sketches to color in…

The blue morpho butterfly is found in central and south America, along with Mexico and Venezuela. Their wings are bright, iridescent blue with a black edge while the ventral surfaces are brown. The iridescent wings are an area of interest because of the unique microstructure that allows such vibrancy. The ground and cover scales have…

The following list of butterflies are found in North Carolina. Clicking on the text link will show you a picture of the butterfly and which specific counties in North Carolina the butterfly is found in. Each link also provides more information about the butterfly’s identification and life history.  This will help you decide which Butterfly Nectar Plants and Butterfly Host Plants you…

The following list of butterflies are found in Pennsylvania. Clicking on the text link will show you a picture of the butterfly and which specific counties in Pennsylvania the butterfly is found in. Each link also provides more information about the butterfly’s identification and life history.  This will help you decide which Butterfly Nectar Plants and Butterfly Host Plants you will want…

Monarch Butterflies are sometimes called Milkweed Butterflies because of their symbiotic relationship with milkweed. They cannot survive without plants in the genus Asclepias. However, a full answer to the question of butterfly nutrition, considering all the sources of nourishment the insects take in during the four stages of the Monarch Butterfly life cycle, goes beyond milkweed,…

One of the many wonderful things to see in North America is the flight of the Monarch Butterflies. Every year, following the seasons, these orange-black-and-white butterflies travel almost the entire length of the continent. In early spring and early autumn, thousands flap from the southern States to the oyamel fir groves of Mexico, converging in…