Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center - This web site's ' Butterflies of North America' section is essential for butterfly gardeners. My recommendation, especially if you are new to butterflies, is to go to this site and navigate to the section about your state or county. There it lists every butterfly that could be found in your area. Then come back to my site for more information about the butterflies in your area that I include on my site.

Garden Web's butterfly gardening section. The regulars who hang out there are very nice and knowledgeable about butterfly gardening and can answer most questions you might have.

ODP - Butterfly Gardening Section - This ODP page lists many butterfly gardening web sites. Some of the sites included are specific to a particular region.

The Missouri Botanical Garden is one of the largest international research centers in the world and has information about many different plant species.

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If you are interested in European and North African butterflies the site Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa has lots of great information.

Butterfly Gardeners in the UK should visit Nicky's Nursery - they sell many plants that attract butterflies, including host plants.

Butterfly and Butterfly Gardening Web Sites

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