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Butterfly PhotosThe photos on these pages were taken on July 12th around noon at Florence, South Carolina.If you want to expand your knowledge of butterflies or locate some additional photos to act as references check out the following links: Information on the Western Swallowtail is available from USGS at: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/bflyusa/usa/714.htm The Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center of USGS has a comprehensive (and very handy) site that will fill you in on the butterfly population of the United States at: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/bflyusa/bflyusa.htm Additional sources that might help you identify your butterfly: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/help/faq/bflymoth/idmoth.htm Butterflies of South Carolina can be found at: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/distr/lepid/bflyusa/sc/toc.htm There's a wonderful site from the Field Museum called "Butterfly Basics." It's a terrific starting place for all of us trying to sort out what we should know about butterflies: http://www.fmnh.org/butterfly/basics.htm Here's the site of a butterfly fan that has a number of pictures, including caterpillars: http://www.geocities.com/wwright24/butterflyphoto2.html For an endless supply of butterfly pictures from all over, check out the links at: http://www.butterflypictures.net/ For young children, check out the USGS children's site on butterflies: http://www.mesc.nbs.gov/resources/education/butterfly/bfly_start.asp According to the information at the following site, their page hasn't been updated in a long time. However, I tried out a number of their links and they still work. There's a well-classified listing of butterfly sites available at: http://www.isis.vt.edu/~fanjun/text/Link_specb04.html A complete unit of study on butterflies is available from: http://www.klru.org/butterflies/butterfly_lesson.htm They also have a small video clip showing the complete life cycle of the Monarch butterfly: http://www.klru.org/butterflies/butterlife.htm Look at butterfly wings under a microscope at significant magnification |
