Text and color photos present information on the raising and mating of butterflies; provide instructions for twelve projects, including making a butterfly house and learning to hand-feed them; and profile nearly forty types of butterflies, listing their breeding areas, host plants, and nectar plants, and describing their chrysalises and their physical traits as caterpillars and as butterflies.
a gallery of garden butterflies & how to attract them
Mikula, Rick
1997
Describes butterfly species, the geographic regions where they are found, and the flowers which support each kind, and offers suggestions for creating gardens to attract them.
Provides a color field guide to fifty types of butterflies. Each entry contains a die-cut image, additional photographs, and information on the butterfly's life cycle, diet, habitat, gender variations, and survival techniques.
