I’ve listed favorite online butterfly resources on the Education page. Whether you teach school, home school your own children, or just want to explore the world of butterflies, you’ll be off to a great start.

To attract and keep butterflies in your garden, you need both host plants and nectar plants. Female butterflies lay their eggs on species-specific host plants that provide food, in the form of leaves, for their caterpillars. Flowering plants offer adult butterflies energy with sugary nectar. The Gardening section features top-ten lists of my favorite butterfly host and nectar plants, along with other butterfly gardening advice.

Book your Butterfly Presentation for this year!
As an educator, I enjoy teaching about butterflies in public and private schools, preschools and daycares, and to scout troops, garden clubs and others. To demonstrate the amazing butterfly life cycle in a memorable way, I bring live butterfly eggs, caterpillars, chrysalises and adults to the presentations. To book a visit from Butterfly Lady, find details on the Presentations page. I hope to be in your classroom soon!

For more butterfly fun, see our delightful photo essays in the butterfly Gallery, read about butterfly displays and zoos around the world in the Exhibits section, and order butterfly caterpillars, milkweed seeds and other butterfly host plant and nectar seeds with FREE shipping in the Marketplace for up-close butterfly fun.