Butterfly Links

Butterfly Guide Books

• Handbook of Butterfly Watching – Robert Michael Pyle
• Basic Techniques for Observing and Studying Moths and Butterflies (PDF) – William D. Winter Jr.
• Butterflies of the East Coast: An Observer’s Guide – Rick Cech and Guy Tudor
• Swift Guide to Butterflies of North America, 2nd Edition – Jeffrey Glassberg
• Butterflies of North America – Kaufman Focus Guides – Jim Brock and Kenn Kaufman
• Butterflies through Binoculars: The East – Jeffrey Glassberg
• Caterpillars of Eastern North America – David L. Wagner
• Skipper Tops (PDF) – Sharon Wander

Butterfly Identification Web Sites

• Wisconsin Butterflies (very helpful for here too!)
• Butterflies of Massachusetts
• BugGuide – Butterflies
• Skippers of the Northeast video series – Dick Walton
• Tips for Identification of New Hampshire Butterflies (pdf) – George DeWolf
• Demystifying Those Confoundingly Confusing Duskywings (pdf) – George DeWolf
• The Confusing Skippers of New Hampshire (pdf) – George DeWolf

Butterfly Atlases

• e-Butterfly
• Connecticut Butterfly Atlas
• Massachusetts Butterfly Atlas
• Maine Butterfly Survey
• Maritimes Butterfly Atlas
• Ontario Butterfly Atlas

Organizations

• Vermont Entomological Society
• Lepidopterists’ Society
• Monarch Watch
• The Xerces Society

Butterfly Watching in Vermont

• 4th of July Counts in Vermont
• Vermont Lepidoptera e-mail group
• 2nd Vermont Butterfly Atlas Discussion Forum

Butterfly Equipment

• Nets
• Close-focus binoculars