Butterfly Folding Guides:

The butterfly folding guides are a quick and easy way to access information about butterflies in your region.  The illustrations help identify the various butterflies you encounter in your butterfly garden.

Varieties:

The folding guides are laminated to be waterproof.  The butterfly guides are full of information and illustrations from Rick Cech, a well known naturalist and butterfly expert.  The caterpillar guides contain information and illustrations from Amy Bartlett Wright, who is the author and illustrator of the Peterson First Guide to Caterpillars and many other natural science reference books.

Caterpillar Guides:

Caterpillars of Eastern North America:

The folding guide contains 54 species- both common and exotic- of the butterflies and moths of Eastern North America.  With information and illustrations, the life cycle basics are explained.

Caterpillars of Western North America:

The folding guide contains 49 species- both common and exotic- of the butterflies and moths of Western North America.  With information and illustrations, the life cycle basics are explained.

Butterfly Guides for Specific States:

Butterflies of Florida:

This folding guide contains 64 butterfly species, both common and exotic, found in Florida from the Panhandle down to Key West.  The guide includes information and illustrations of swallowtails, fritillaries, buckeyes, sulphurs, skippers, bogs, and blues.

Butterflies of Texas:

This folding guide contains 60 butterfly species, both common and exotic, found in Texas.  The guide Includes information and illustrations of swallowtails, fritillaries, metalmarks, sulphurs, skippers, hairstreaks, and blues.

Butterflies of California: 

This folding guide contains 60 butterfly species found in California, with some common, some exotic.  The guide includes information and illustrations of swallowtails, fritillaries, coppers, sulphurs, skippers, hairstreaks, and blues.

Butterfly Guides by Regions:

Butterflies of the Northeastern US:

This folding guide contains 62 common and exotic butterfly species that are found in New England.  The guide includes information and illustrations of swallowtails, fritillaries, buckeyes, sulphurs, skippers, bogs, and blues.

Butterflies of the Mid-Atlantic States of the US:

This folding guide contains 62 butterfly species found in the mid-Atlantic coastal states New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware, and Maryland.  The guide includes information and illustrations of swallowtails, fritillaries, buckeyes, sulphurs, skippers, bogs, and blues.

Butterflies of the Southeastern US:

This folding guide contains 60 common and exotic butterfly species, found in the following states in the Southeast: Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana.  The guide includes information and illustrations of swallowtails, fritillaries, buckeyes, sulphurs, skippers, bogs, and blues.

Butterflies of the Midwest:

This folding guide contains 61 butterfly species found in the Midwest states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin.  The guide includes information and illustrations of swallowtails, fritillaries, buckeyes, sulphurs, skippers, bogs, and blues.

Butterflies of the Rocky Mountain Region:

This folding guide contains 60 common and exotic butterfly species found in the states of the Rocky Mt. region, including Colorado, Eastern Washington and Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Northern Utah and Nevada, and Wyoming.  The guide includes information and illustrations of swallowtails, fritillaries, metalmarks, sulphurs, skippers, hairstreaks, and blues.

Butterflies of the Southwest:

This folding guide contains 62 common and exotic butterfly species found in the Southwestern states of Arizona, desert areas of California, New Mexico, Nevada, Southern Utah, and West Texas.  The guide includes information and illustrations of swallowtails, fritillaries, metalmarks, sulphurs, skippers, hairstreaks, and blues.

Butterflies of the Pacific Northwest:

This folding guide contains 59 butterfly species found in Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. The guide includes information and illustrations of swallowtails, fritillaries, metalmarks, sulphurs, skippers, hairstreaks, and blues.

Buy a Folding Guide Today!

Buy a guide to help identify the butterflies in your area.  You may learn a few fun facts about your favorite butterflies!  Young or not-so-young, you can always learn a little bit more about these wonderful creatures. These also make great gifts for the butterfly enthusiasts in your life. The guides will be shipped as a First Class package, just like our seeds, for a flat fee of $4.95.  If part of a plant or gift order, it will not add to the cost of shipping.