Common Urban Butterflies of
Adelaide - Pictures, information and links for 15 of the
butterflies that are most common to the Adelaide suburbs. (The butterflies selected are
those listed in
Data Sheet for the Common Urban Butterflies of Adelaide
by R. Grund.)
Some
Common Urban Butterflies of Adelaide - A printable sheet
with pictures of all the butterflies on one page. (The images used are "Copyright Free" from the CSIRO:
Australian Insect Common Names
Website)
Butterfly Gardening -
Information and additional links on how to attract butterflies
to your garden.
Butterfly Conservation
- Information about why butterfly
numbers are declining.
Local Butterfly Events -
Provides information about local events related to butterfly
conservation.
Butterfly Appearance -
A web resourced learning quest
Butterfly Body Parts -
A web resourced learning quest
Butterfly life Cycle -
A web resourced learning quest
Where have all the butterflies gone? -
This
comprehensive site, developed by the South Australian Museum is
organised into into environmental habitat groupings. The
butterflies and their foodplants are described for each area and
the importance of protecting the habitats to ensure survival of
the butterflies is highlighted. Teacher information and student
worksheets can be downloaded from the site. The link is provided
at the bottom of the page.
Butterfly Watch -
This program is
seeking the support of the general public to provide information
about local butterflies and is asking them to record which
plants, particularly native plants, that the adult butterflies
are feeding on and where butterfly colonies exist. The
anticipated outcome will be a
comprehensive list of
native South Australian plants that attract adult butterflies
for distribution to gardeners. The public is encouraged to try
their
photographic skills and photograph the butterflies and the plants
on which they were found.
Photos will be exhibited at the South Australian Museum
butterfly exhibition in October and November 2007. A Butterfly Watch
Form for recording sightings is provided on the Museum
website.
Identify your butterfly - This is
part of the Butterfly Watch program website and is an excellent
guide in helping to identify butterflies. Identification is
based on a choice of four colour groupings -
yellow or
white, mostly orange or brown, mostly
white or cream with black or brown and mostly
blue. and three sizes choices - small
below 3cm, medium 3cm - 6cm and large
more than 6cm open wing expanse.
Butterflies - a list of useful links on Adelaide
butterflies from the City of Prospect's Environment and
Development section.
South
Australian Butterflies - Provides
comprehensive information and images of South Australian
butterflies, their habitats, conservation status, food plants,
identification, data sheets and life histories, butterfly
conservation, habitat restoration and information about
butterfly gardening.
Butterfly Gardening - Provides information on what
to grow and what to conserve in the Adelaide region.
Teacher information and student worksheets
on South
Australian butterflies developed by the South Australian Museum.
